Helical Locomotion in Yield Stress Fluids
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| author | Shoele, Farshad Nazari Kourosh Mohammadigoushki, Hadi |
| author_facet | Shoele, Farshad Nazari Kourosh Mohammadigoushki, Hadi |
| contents | We report three stages for locomotion of a helical swimmer in yield stress fluids. In the first stage, the swimmer must overcome material's yield strain to generate rotational motion. However, exceeding the first threshold is not sufficient for locomotion. Only when the viscous forces are sufficiently strong to plastically deform the material to a finite distance away from the swimmer, net locomotion will occur. Once locomotion is underway in the third stage, the yield stress retards swimming at small pitch angles. Conversely, at large pitch angles, yield stress dominates the flow by enhancing swimming speed. Flow visualizations reveal a highly localized flow near the swimmer in yield stress fluids. |
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| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Helical Locomotion in Yield Stress Fluids Shoele, Farshad Nazari Kourosh Mohammadigoushki, Hadi Fluid Dynamics We report three stages for locomotion of a helical swimmer in yield stress fluids. In the first stage, the swimmer must overcome material's yield strain to generate rotational motion. However, exceeding the first threshold is not sufficient for locomotion. Only when the viscous forces are sufficiently strong to plastically deform the material to a finite distance away from the swimmer, net locomotion will occur. Once locomotion is underway in the third stage, the yield stress retards swimming at small pitch angles. Conversely, at large pitch angles, yield stress dominates the flow by enhancing swimming speed. Flow visualizations reveal a highly localized flow near the swimmer in yield stress fluids. |
| title | Helical Locomotion in Yield Stress Fluids |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06655 |