Pushmepullyou: an efficient micro-swimmer

By J. Avron, O. Kenneth, D. Oaknin. 2005

201 citations recorded by the source corpus.

The swimming of a pair of spherical bladders that change their volumes and mutual distance is superior to other models of artificial swimmers at low Reynolds numbers. The swimming resembles the wriggling motion known as metaboly of certain protozoa.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanical Engineering

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In Aerospace Engineering

1. T. Powers
2. Eric Lauga
3. Anette Hosoi
4. Daniel I. Goldman

In Condensed Matter Physics

1. Eric Lauga
2. T. Powers
3. Daniel I. Goldman
4. Anette Hosoi
5. S. Michelin
6. David Saintillan
7. T. Pedley
8. J. Rodrigo Vélez-Cordero

In Mechanical Engineering

1. T. Powers
2. Eric Lauga
3. David Saintillan

Citations in the corpus

• The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms (2008, background): “As the sphere increases in size, it serves as an anchor against which the swimmer can push, and rectify a time–periodic change in size [292].”
• Tuned, driven, and active soft matter (2015, unknown): “sphere swimmer during contraction and expansion [516], see Fig.”
• Beneath Our Feet: Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Media (2015, background): “…et al. 2003, Jung et al. 2007, Lauga 2007, Liu et al. 2011, Qian et al. 2008, Raz & Avron 2008, Tam & Hosoi 2007, Wiggins & Goldstein 1998, Yang et al. 2009, Yu et al. 2006); other proposed designs such as the pushmepullyou (Avron et al. 2005) and the waving sheet (Taylor 1951) add to the taxonomy.”