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

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.

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Physical Review Fluids
Published
2024-12-27
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.9.l122101
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Micro and Nano Robotics
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Force-dependence of the rigid-body motion for an arbitrarily shaped particle in a forced, incompressible Stokes flow

Mihail N. Popescu, Álvaro Domínguez
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Force-dependence of the rigid-body motion for an arbitrarily shaped particle in a forced, incompressible Stokes flow

Mihail N. Popescu, Álvaro Domínguez
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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.

Physical Review FluidsVol. 9(12)
Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Junta de Andalucía, Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Openalex Percentile: Top 31%
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