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https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-31-229-2024
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07 May 2024
Research article |  | 07 May 2024

Clustering of settling microswimmers in turbulence

Jingran Qiu, Zhiwen Cui, Eric Climent, and Lihao Zhao

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The swimming of settling microswimmers in a fluid flow is found to induce a gyrotactic torque, causing them to swim against gravity. A Lagrangian model of the swimmer under this effect is used in the analysis of small-scale clustering in turbulence. The intensity and location of clustering under this swimming-induced gyrotactic torque are found to depend on not only the swimming velocity but also the settling speed, indicating the importance of the settling effect on gyrotaxis.
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