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Force-dependence of the rigid-body motion for an arbitrarily shaped particle in a forced, incompressible Stokes flow

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: A rigid body immersed in a fluid will generically move when the latter experiences a local force field. In the creeping flow regime, the body velocities (translational and angular) will be linear functionals of this field (``force representation''). Due to the incompressibility constraint, however, it should be possible to express them equivalently as linear functionals of the curl of the force (``curl representation''). Explicit expressions for this alternative formulation are derived, and illustrated with the example of self-chemophoresis.

Source: Physical Review Fluids

DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.9.l122101

Authors: Alvaro Domínguez, Mihail N. Popescu

Institution: Universidad de Sevilla

Language: English

Topic: Micro and Nano Robotics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green