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Volume 33, Issue 1
Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Two Linear Microswimmers Using the Immersed Boundary Method

D. Geyer, S. Ziegler, A. Sukhov, M. Hubert, A.-S. Smith, O. Aouane, P. Malgaretti & J. Harting

DOI: 10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0056

Commun. Comput. Phys., 33 (2023), pp. 310-329.

Published online: 2023-02

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  • Abstract

The performance of a single or the collection of microswimmers strongly depends on the hydrodynamic coupling among their constituents and themselves. We present a numerical study for a single and a pair of microswimmers based on lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulations. Our numerical algorithm consists of two separable parts. Lagrange polynomials provide a discretization of the microswimmers and the lattice Boltzmann method captures the dynamics of the surrounding fluid. The two components couple via an immersed boundary method. We present data for a single swimmer system and our data also show the onset of collective effects and, in particular, an overall velocity increment of clusters of swimmers.

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Immersed boundary method, lattice Boltzmann method, finite element method, microswimmer, collective motion.

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74F10, 76P05, 92C05, 74B05

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@Article{CiCP-33-310, author = {Geyer , D.Ziegler , S.Sukhov , A.Hubert , M.Smith , A.-S.Aouane , O.Malgaretti , P. and Harting , J.}, title = {Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Two Linear Microswimmers Using the Immersed Boundary Method}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2023}, volume = {33}, number = {1}, pages = {310--329}, abstract = {

The performance of a single or the collection of microswimmers strongly depends on the hydrodynamic coupling among their constituents and themselves. We present a numerical study for a single and a pair of microswimmers based on lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulations. Our numerical algorithm consists of two separable parts. Lagrange polynomials provide a discretization of the microswimmers and the lattice Boltzmann method captures the dynamics of the surrounding fluid. The two components couple via an immersed boundary method. We present data for a single swimmer system and our data also show the onset of collective effects and, in particular, an overall velocity increment of clusters of swimmers.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Two Linear Microswimmers Using the Immersed Boundary Method AU - Geyer , D. AU - Ziegler , S. AU - Sukhov , A. AU - Hubert , M. AU - Smith , A.-S. AU - Aouane , O. AU - Malgaretti , P. AU - Harting , J. JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 1 SP - 310 EP - 329 PY - 2023 DA - 2023/02 SN - 33 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0056 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/21436.html KW - Immersed boundary method, lattice Boltzmann method, finite element method, microswimmer, collective motion. AB -

The performance of a single or the collection of microswimmers strongly depends on the hydrodynamic coupling among their constituents and themselves. We present a numerical study for a single and a pair of microswimmers based on lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulations. Our numerical algorithm consists of two separable parts. Lagrange polynomials provide a discretization of the microswimmers and the lattice Boltzmann method captures the dynamics of the surrounding fluid. The two components couple via an immersed boundary method. We present data for a single swimmer system and our data also show the onset of collective effects and, in particular, an overall velocity increment of clusters of swimmers.

Geyer , D.Ziegler , S.Sukhov , A.Hubert , M.Smith , A.-S.Aouane , O.Malgaretti , P. and Harting , J.. (2023). Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Two Linear Microswimmers Using the Immersed Boundary Method. Communications in Computational Physics. 33 (1). 310-329. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0056
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