Squirmer locomotion in a yield stress fluid

DOI10.1017/JFM.2022.743zbMATH Open1497.76140arXiv2207.07744OpenAlexW4296041708MaRDI QIDQ5868022FDOQ5868022

Authors: Patrick S. Eastham, Hadi Mohammadigoushki, Kourosh Shoele 

Publication date: 19 September 2022

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

Abstract: An axisymmetric squirmer in a Bingham viscoplastic fluid is studied numerically to determine the effect of a yield stress environment on locomotion. The nonlinearity of the governing equations necessitates numerical methods, which is accomplished by solving a variable-viscosity Stokes equation with a Finite Element approach. The effects of stroke modes, both pure and combined, are investigated and it is found that for the treadmill or "neutral" mode, the swimmer in a yield stress fluid has a lower swimming velocity and uses more power. However, the efficiency of swimming reaches its maximum at a finite yield limit. In addition, for higher yield limits, higher stroke modes can increase the swimming velocity and hydrodynamic efficiency of the treadmill swimmer. The higher-order odd-numbered squirming modes, particularly the third stroke mode, can generate propulsion by themselves that increases in strength as the viscoplastic nonlinearity increases till a specific limit. These results are closely correlated with the confinement effects induced by the viscoplastic rigid surface surrounding the swimming body, showing that swimmers in viscoplastic environments, both biological and artificial, could potentially employ other non-standard swimming strategies to optimize their locomotion.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.07744

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zbMATH Keywords

continuous Galerkin finite element methodmicro-organism dynamicshigher-order odd-numbered squirming moderegularized Bingham viscoplastic Stokes flowstroke mode

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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