Image systems for regularised stokeslets at walls and free surfaces (Q2112082)

The authors discuss the system of stationary Stokes equations and its singular solutions, stokeslets. The method of regularised stokeslets is developed. It consists in replacing a sum over singular point elements by one over finite distributed sources. The authors apply the image method for regularised stokeslets in the case of plane no-slip walls and free surfaces in a form that is independent of orientation and in canonical six-term forms (for velocity) and three-term forms (for pressure) that are convenient for computation. The simulations illustrate competing physical effects near a boundary at small gap sizes between the particle and the wall.