Hydrodynamic synchronisation of model microswimmers
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Publication:846908
DOI10.1007/S10955-009-9826-XzbMATH Open1183.82078arXiv0907.1542OpenAlexW3106298135WikidataQ59675568 ScholiaQ59675568MaRDI QIDQ846908FDOQ846908
Authors: V. B. Putz, J. M. Yeomans 
Publication date: 15 February 2010
Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We define a model microswimmer with a variable cycle time, thus allowing the possibility of phase locking driven by hydrodynamic interactions between swimmers. We find that, for extensile or contractile swimmers, phase locking does occur, with the relative phase of the two swimmers being, in general, close to 0 or pi, depending on their relative position and orientation. We show that, as expected on grounds of symmetry, self T-dual swimmers, which are time-reversal covariant, do not phase-lock. We also discuss the phase behaviour of a line of tethered swimmers, or pumps. These show oscillations in their relative phases reminiscent of the metachronal waves of cilia.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1542
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