| Issue |
EPL
Volume 85, Number 4, February 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 44001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/85/44001 | |
| Published online | 19 February 2009 | |
Propulsion hydrodynamics of a butterfly micro-swimmer
1
Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University - N20W10 Sapporo, 001-0020, Japan
2
Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society Faradayweg 46, 14195 Berlin, Germany, EU
Corresponding author: makoto@nsc.es.hokudai.ac.jp
Received:
28
October
2008
Accepted:
23
January
2009
Propulsion motion of a simple mechanical model at low Reynolds numbers is considered. The model consists of two spheroids (wings) connected by a hinge. Its non-reciprocal operation cycles represent combinations of flapping motions of the wings and of their rotations, resembling conformational motions characteristic for real protein machines and similar to the propulsion pattern of a butterfly. The net generated velocity and the net stall force, exhibited by an immobilized machine on its support, are calculated and their dependence on the model parameters is discussed.
PACS: 47.61.-k – Micro- and nano- scale flow phenomena / 47.15.G- – Low-Reynolds-number (creeping) flows / 87.15.H- – Dynamics of biomolecules
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