Journal
JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS
Volume 741, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.8
Keywords
interfacial flows (free surface); low-Reynolds-number flows; propulsion
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- DOE [DE-FG02-88ER25053]
- NSF [DMR-0844115, CBET-1234500]
- Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [0844115] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1234500] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We study the Marangoni propulsion of a spheroidal particle located at a liquid-gas interface. The particle asymmetrically releases an insoluble surface-active agent and so creates and maintains a surface tension gradient leading to the self-propulsion. Assuming that the surface tension has a linear dependence on the concentration of the released agent, we derive closed-form expressions for the translational speed of the particle in the limit of small capillary, Peclet and Reynolds numbers. Our derivations are based on the Lorentz reciprocal theorem, which eliminates the need to develop the detailed flow field.
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