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PHYSICS OF FLUIDS
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1830486
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The method of regularized Stokeslets is a Lagrangian method for computing Stokes flow driven by forces distributed at material points in a fluid. It is based on the superposition of exact solutions of the Stokes equations when forces are given by a cutoff function. We present this method in three dimensions, along with an analysis of its accuracy and performance on the model problems of flow past a sphere and the steady state rotation of rigid helical tubes. Predicted swimming speeds for various helical geometries are compared with experimental data for motile spirochetes. In addition, the regularized Stokeslet method is readily implemented in conjunction with an immersed boundary representation of an elastic helix that incorporates passive elastic properties as well as mechanisms of internal force generation. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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