Elastic swimmer on a free surface
Fluid Dynamics
2014-11-04 v1
Abstract
We present in this fluid dynamics video a novel experimental setup with self-propelled swimmers on a free surface. The swimmers, modeled as flexible thin filaments, are subjected to external electromagnetic forcing driving a propagating elastic wave that gives rise to self- propulsion. The fluid-structure interaction problem of these passive anguilliform swimmers is analyzed in: S. Ramananarivo, R. Godoy-Diana, and B. Thiria. Passive elastic mechanism to mimic fish-muscles action in anguilliform swimming. J. R. Soc. Interface, 10, 20130667 (2013). DOI:10.1098/rsif.2013.0667
Cite
@article{arxiv.1310.1835,
title = {Elastic swimmer on a free surface},
author = {Sophie Ramananarivo and Benjamin Thiria and Ramiro Godoy-Diana},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.1835},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Includes a video entry (high and low resolution versions) submitted to the Gallery of Fluid Motion, 2013