@inproceedings{bab541304a4a46d0ad103ff4522343ed,
title = "A micro-scale swimmer propelled by traveling surface waves",
abstract = "Micro-scale slender swimmers are frequently encountered in nature and recently in micro-robotic applications. The swimming mechanism examined in this article is based on small transverse axi-symmetrical travelling wave deformations of a cylindrical long shell. In very small scale, inertia forces become negligible and viscous forces dominate most propulsion mechanisms being used by micro-organisms and robotic devices. The present paper proposes a compact design principle that provides efficient power to propel and maneuver a microscale device. Shown in this paper is a numerical analysis which couples the MEMS structure to the surrounding fluid. Analytical results compare the proposed mechanism to commonly found tail (flagella) driven devices, and a parametric comparison is shown suggesting it has superior performance. Numerical studies are preformed to verify the analytical model. Finally, a macro-scale demonstrator swimming in an environment with similar Reynolds numbers to the ones found in small scale is shown and its behavior in the laboratory is compared to the theory",
author = "Izhak Bucher and Eyal Setter",
year = "2011",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2011-47271",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
isbn = "9780791854846",
series = "Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference",
pages = "101--106",
booktitle = "ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011",
note = "ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2011 ; Conference date: 28-08-2011 Through 31-08-2011",
}