Squirmer locomotion in a yield stress fluid

DOI10.1017/jfm.2022.743zbMath1497.76140arXiv2207.07744OpenAlexW4296041708MaRDI QIDQ5868022

Patrick S. Eastham, Kourosh Shoele, Hadi Mohammadigoushki

Publication date: 19 September 2022

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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