Open AccessDesign and Analysis of Mechanical Microswimmers
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of bioscience and biomedical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2693-2504
DOI - 10.47485/2693-2504.1054
Subject(s) - propulsion , head (geology) , domain (mathematical analysis) , reynolds number , biomedical engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , medicine , physics , aerospace engineering , engineering , mechanics , geology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , turbulence , geomorphology
The fascinating field in present civilization scenario at the edge of science is micro-swimmers, which is a combination of bio physics with self-propulsion mechanisms involving swimming strategies at low Reynolds number. These micro swimming robots offer many advantages in biomedical applications such as drug delivery to some specific locations in our human body and also conducting some surgical operations like opening of blocked arteries etc. In recent times, blocked arteries become a major case in the medical world. This is can be diagnosed by Angioplasty (is a minimally invasive, endovascular procedure to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins, typically to treat arterial atherosclerosis) method. So this is the main reason to choose the aorta as our domain for analysis purpose. This paper presents a micro-swimmer with three different heads they are spherical head, Capsule type head and Tapered cylindrical or elliptical head and modelled using SOLIDWORKS and analysis in ANSYS FLUENT.