Controllability of 3D low Reynolds number swimmers

DOI10.1051/COCV/2013063zbMATH Open1366.93057arXiv1202.5923OpenAlexW2145614378MaRDI QIDQ5404537FDOQ5404537

Authors: Jérôme Lohéac, Alexandre Munnier 

Publication date: 24 March 2014

Published in: ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we consider a swimmer (i.e. a self-deformable body) immersed in a fluid, the flow of which is governed by the stationary Stokes equations. This model is relevant for studying the locomotion of microorganisms or micro robots for which the inertia effects can be neglected. Our first main contribution is to prove that any such microswimmer has the ability to track, by performing a sequence of shape changes, any given trajectory in the fluid. We show that, in addition, this can be done by means of arbitrarily small body deformations that can be superimposed to any preassigned sequence of macro shape changes. Our second contribution is to prove that, when no macro deformations are prescribed, tracking is generically possible by means of shape changes obtained as a suitable combination of only four elementary deformations. Eventually, still considering finite dimensional deformations, we state results about the existence of optimal swimming strategies for a wide class of cost functionals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.5923

Recommendations

• Optimal strokes for low Reynolds number swimmers: an example
• Controllability and time optimal control for low Reynolds numbers swimmers
• Generic controllability of 3D swimmers in a perfect fluid
• Controllability of low Reynolds numbers swimmers of ciliate type
• The \(N\)-link swimmer in three dimensions: controllability and optimality results

zbMATH Keywords

geometric control theorylocomotionbiomechanicsStokes fluid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Controllability (93B05) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Control/observation systems governed by partial differential equations (93C20) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

Cited In (30)

• Remote trajectory tracking of rigid bodies immersed in a two-dimensional perfect incompressible fluid
• Low Reynolds number swimming and controllability
• Control and navigation problems for model bio-inspired microswimmers
• The \(N\)-link swimmer in three dimensions: controllability and optimality results
• Optimal strokes for the 4-sphere swimmer at low Reynolds number in the regime of small deformations
• External boundary control of the motion of a rigid body immersed in a perfect two-dimensional fluid
• Integral line-of-sight path following control of magnetic helical microswimmers subject to step-out frequencies
• Addendum to ``Local controllability of the two-link magneto-elastic microswimmer
• Controllability of low Reynolds numbers swimmers of ciliate type
• Microswimmer-induced chaotic mixing
• Rough wall effect on micro-swimmers
• An optimal control approach to ciliary locomotion
• A control theoretic approach to the swimming of microscopic organisms
• Enhanced controllability of low Reynolds number swimmers in the presence of a wall
• Optimal strokes for low Reynolds number swimmers: an example
• Periodical body deformations are optimal strategies for locomotion
• Dynamics and optimal actuation of a three-sphere low-Reynolds-number swimmer with muscle-like arms
• A Stokesian submarine
• Analysis of shape optimization for magnetic microswimmers
• Optimal strokes for driftless swimmers: a general geometric approach
• Microswimming in the Stokesian realm
• One-dimensional swimmers in viscous fluids: dynamics, controllability, and existence of optimal controls
• Generic controllability of 3D swimmers in a perfect fluid
• Control of locomotion systems and dynamics in relative periodic orbits
• Remote trajectory tracking of a rigid body in an incompressible fluid at low Reynolds number
• Controllability and time optimal control for low Reynolds numbers swimmers
• Magnetically driven foldable shell type swimmers at Stokes flow
• Optimally swimming Stokesian robots
• The control of particles in the Stokes limit
• Lagrangian controllability at low Reynolds number

This page was built for publication: Controllability of 3D low Reynolds number swimmers

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5404537)