INERTIAL EFFECTS IN SMALL-AMPLITUDE SWIMMING OF A FINITE BODY

被引:32
作者
FELDERHOF, BU [1 ]
JONES, RB [1 ]
机构
[1] QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL,DEPT PHYS,LONDON E1 4NS,ENGLAND
来源
PHYSICA A | 1994年 / 202卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0378-4371(94)90169-4
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study the mechanism of small-amplitude swimming of a deformable body of finite size in a viscous incompressible fluid described by the Navier-Stokes equations. The theory is based on a perturbation expansion in powers of the amplitude of surface displacements. A nonvanishing swimming velocity is found in second order perturbation theory. The average motion may include both a translational and a rotational contribution. For harmonic time variation of the first order flow we are led to a natural definition of the efficiency of swimming.
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