Hydrodynamic synchronisation of model microswimmers

DOI10.1007/S10955-009-9826-XMaRDI QIDQ846908zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors V. B. Putz, J. M. Yeomans

Publication date 15 February 2010

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1542

zbMATH Keywords

synchronisationlow Reynolds numberphase-lockingmicroswimmers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Statistical mechanics of liquids (82D15)

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.

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