Scallop Theorem and Swimming at the Mesoscale

[en] By comparing theoretical modeling, simulations, and experiments, we show that there exists a swimming regime at low Reynolds numbers solely driven by the inertia of the swimmer itself. This is demonstrated by considering a dumbbell with an asymmetry in coasting time in its two spheres. Despite deforming in a reciprocal fashion, the dumbbell swims by generating a nonreciprocal Stokesian flow, which arises from the asymmetry in coasting times. This asymmetry acts as a second degree of freedom, which allows the scallop theorem to be fulfilled at the mesoscopic scale.

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Hubert, Maxime ^✱

Trosman, Oleg ^✱

Collard, Ylona ^✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Sukhov, Alexander

Harting, Jens

Vandewalle, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Ana-Suncana, Smith

^✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Language :

English

Title :

Scallop Theorem and Swimming at the Mesoscale

Publication date :

2021

Journal title :

Physical Review Letters

ISSN :

0031-9007

eISSN :

1079-7114

Publisher :

American Physical Society, New York, United States - New York

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https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.224501

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