Study on the sedimentation and interaction of two squirmers in a vertical channel

Y Ying, T Jiang, D Nie, J Lin - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We simulated the sedimentation of two self-propelled particles in a two-dimensional (2D)
vertical channel using the lattice Boltzmann method. A 2D squirmer model was employed to …

Migration and rheotaxis of elliptical squirmers in a Poiseuille flow

C Liu, Z Ouyang, J Lin - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The migration and rheotaxis of elliptical squirmers (a swimmer self-propels by imposing a
given tangential velocity at its surface) in a Poiseuille flow are simulated numerically. The …

Inertial swimming in a channel filled with a power-law fluid

Z Ouyang, N Phan-Thien - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We employ an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann (IB-LB) scheme to simulate a
cylindrical (a classical self-propelled model) and a rod-shaped squirmer swimming in a …

Behaviors of a settling microswimmer in a narrow vertical channel

Z Ouyang, J Lin - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann (IB-LB) method is employed to study the behaviors
of a settling microswimmer in a narrow vertical channel (blockage ratio κ= 0.5). We perform …

[HTML][HTML] Study on the effect of geometric shape on microswimmer upstream motion

S Li, D Nie - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The upstream motility of three microswimmer shapes (circular squirmer, squirmer rod, and
elliptical squirmer) at the center of a Poiseuille flow is numerically investigated using the …

Settling mode of a bottom-heavy squirmer in a narrow vessel

Q Tingting, L Jianzhong, O Zhenyu, Z Jue - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The lattice Boltzmann-immersed boundary (IB-LB) method is used to numerically simulate
the sedimentation motion of a single two-dimensional, bottom-heavy squirmer in a narrow …

Hydrodynamics of an elliptical squirmer

C Liu, P Zhang, J Lin, Z Ouyang - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper the propulsion of elliptical objects (called squirmers) by imposed tangential
velocity along the surface is studied. For a symmetric velocity distribution (a neutral …

Swimming of an inertial squirmer array in a Newtonian fluid

Z Ouyang, J Lin, N Phan-Thien - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method is employed to simulate a squirmer (a
classical self-propelled model) array swimming in a Newtonian fluid. The swimming …

Study of sedimentation characteristics of an elliptical squirmer in a vertical channel

Y Ying, T Jiang, S Li, D Nie, J Lin - Physica Scripta, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We used a two-dimensional lattice Boltzmann method to simulate the sedimentation motion
of an elliptical squirmer in a vertical channel, taking into account the case of a circular …

Study of the motion and interaction of micro-swimmers with different scales in Poiseuille flow

T Qi, J Lin, Z Ouyang - European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 2025 - Elsevier
We conducted numerical simulations using the immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann
method to investigate the motion and interaction of microswimmers of different scales in …