Stokesian swimming of a sphere at low Reynolds number

Abstract

Explicit expressions are derived for the matrices determining the mean translational and rotational swimming velocities and the mean rate of dissipation for Stokesian swimming at low Reynolds number of a distorting sphere in a viscous incompressible fluid. As an application an efficient helical propeller-type stroke is found and its properties are calculated.

11 pages, 7 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1601.00755

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