Derivation of a hydrodynamic theory for mesoscale dynamics in microswimmer suspensions

Abstract

In this paper we systematically derive a fourth-order continuum theory capable of reproducing mesoscale turbulence in a three-dimensional suspension of microswimmers. We start from overdamped Langevin equations for a generic microscopic model (pushers or pullers), which include hydrodynamic interactions on both, small length scales (polar alignment of neighboring swimmers) and large length scales, where the solvent flow interacts with the order parameter field. The flow field is determined via the Stokes equation supplemented by an ansatz for the stress tensor. In addition to hydrodynamic interactions, we allow for nematic pair interactions stemming from excluded-volume effects. The results here substantially extend and generalize earlier findings [Phys. Rev. E 94, 020601(R) (2016)], in which we derived a two-dimensional hydrodynamic theory. From the corresponding mean-field Fokker-Planck equation combined with a self-consistent closure scheme, we derive nonlinear field equations for the polar and the nematic order parameter, involving gradient terms of up to fourth order. We find that the effective microswimmer dynamics depends on the coupling between solvent flow and orientational order. For very weak coupling corresponding to a high viscosity of the suspension, the dynamics of mesoscale turbulence can be described by a simplified model containing only an effective microswimmer velocity.

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