Thomas Dombrowski's paper published in Phys. Rev. Fluids and selected as Editor's suggestion!
Kinematics of a simple reciprocal model swimmer at intermediate Reynolds numbers
We study the kinematics, power and recovery strokes, fluid flows, and efficiency of a reciprocal dumbbell swimmer with finite inertia. We find the swimmer's average flow field is dominated by the flow during its power stroke, and it switches from puller-like to pusher-like depending on the Reynolds number.
June 24, 2020
