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16849167

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
We provide initial evidence that a structure formed from an articulated series of linked elements, where each element has a given stiffness, damping and driving term with respect to its neighbours, may 'swim' through a fluid under certain conditions. We derive a Lagrangian for this system and, in particular, we note that we allow the leading edge to move along the x-axis. We assume that no lateral displacement of the leading edge of the structure is possible, although head 'yaw' is allowed. The fluid is simulated using a computational fluid dynamics technique, and we are able to determine and solve Euler-Lagrange equations for the structure. These two calculations are solved simultaneously by using a weakly coupled solver. We illustrate our method by showing that we are able to induce both forward and backward swimming. A discussion of the relevance of these simulations to a slowly swimming body, such as a mechanical device or a fish, is given.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1742-5689
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Numerical model of self-propulsion in a fluid.
pubmed:affiliation
Unit of Ophthalmology, School of Clinical Science, Department of Medicine Daulby Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK. d.farnell@liverpool.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article