Squirmer reflection from a held sphere
ID: squirmer-reflection-from-a-held-sphere
For a two-mode tensorial squirmer flow of radius and a passive equal sphere held at , with , let . Faxén's first law gives holding force . Its reflected Stokeslet changes swimming velocity by . Since this leading force is radial, its vorticity at the swimmer vanishes. The next holding force, generated by the potential dipole, yields rotation . Terms from the passive sphere's finite radius, reflected stresslet and rotlet are needed at higher order. These formulas assume fixed slip and no externally applied swimmer force or torque.
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