Low Reynolds number swimming and Purcell's scallop theorem

Statistical Physics and Complexity Group meeting

Low Reynolds number swimming and Purcell's scallop theorem

  • Event time: 10:15am
  • Event date: 12th March 2009
  • Speaker: Rupert Nash (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 3317,

Event details

Purcell's 3-link swimmer; why there's no many-scallop theorem; how the scallop theorem breaks down near an elastic surface