Hydrodynamic properties of squirmer swimming in power-law fluid near a wall
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DOI: 10.1007/s00397-018-1107-7
Abstract: Hydrodynamic properties of squirmer swimming in power-law fluid near a wall considering the interaction between squirmer and wall are numerically studied with an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method. The power-law index, Reynolds number, initial orientation angle… read more here.
Keywords: hydrodynamic properties; squirmer; power; wall ... See more keywords
Emergent collective dynamics of pusher and puller squirmer rods: swarming, clustering, and turbulence.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00449f
Abstract: We study the interplay of steric and hydrodynamic interactions in suspensions of elongated microswimmers by simulating the full hydrodynamics of squirmer rods in the quasi two-dimensional geometry of a Hele-Shaw cell. To create pusher or… read more here.
Keywords: state; aspect ratios; pusher puller; squirmer ... See more keywords
Settling mode of a bottom-heavy squirmer in a narrow vessel.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01442d
Abstract: The lattice Boltzmann-immersed boundary (IB-LB) method is used to numerically simulate the sedimentation motion of a single two-dimensional, bottom-heavy squirmer in a narrow vessel. The effects of the swimming Reynolds number Res = 0.1-3, eccentricity… read more here.
Keywords: settling mode; squirmer; oscillation; bottom heavy ... See more keywords
Squirming with a backward-propelling cage
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0152711
Abstract: A squirmer enclosed in a droplet represents a minimal model for some drug delivery systems. In the case of a spherical squirmer swimming with a spherical cage in a Newtonian fluid [Reigh et al., “Swimming… read more here.
Keywords: cage; droplet; squirmer; backward propelling ... See more keywords
Hydrodynamic Behavior of Self-Propelled Particles in a Simple Shear Flow
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DOI: 10.3390/e24070854
Abstract: The hydrodynamic properties of a squirmer type of self-propelled particle in a simple shear flow are investigated using the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method in the range of swimming Reynolds number 0.05 ≤ Res ≤ 2.0,… read more here.
Keywords: squirmer; shear flow; self propelled; simple shear ... See more keywords