A freely suspended robotic swimmer propelled by viscoelastic normal stresses

DOI10.1017/jfm.2022.485OpenAlexW4283707652MaRDI QIDQ5085816

Manu Prakash, L. A. Kroo, Noah Eckman, Eric S. G. Shaqfeh, Jeremy P. Binagia

Publication date: 30 June 2022

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.485

zbMATH Keywords

experimental verificationpropulsionnormal stress coefficientviscoelastic jetfore-aft swimmer asymmetrymicrohydrodynamic asymptotic theoryoptimal swimmer form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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Uses Software

• DFVLR-SQP

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