Unsteady wave pattern generation by water striders

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.365MaRDI QIDQ4582934zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas Steinmann, Maxence Arutkin, Précillia Cochard, Elie Raphaël, Jérôme Casas, Michael Benzaquen

Publication date 27 August 2018

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01825

zbMATH Keywords

capillary waveswave-structure interactionswaves/free-surface flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible viscous fluids (76D45) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

Abstract: We perform an experimental and theoretical study of the wave pattern generated by the leg strokes of water striders during a propulsion cycle. Using the synthetic Schlieren method, we are able to measure the dynamic response of the free surface accurately. In order to match experimental conditions, we extend B"uhler's theory of impulsive forcing (cite{buhler}) to finite depth. We demonstrate the improved ability of this approach to reproduce the experimental findings, once the observed continuous forcing and hence non-zero temporal and spatial extent of the leg strokes is also taken into account.

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