Shape fluctuations of a deformable body in a randomly stirred host fluid

Gad Frenkel*, Moshe Schwartz

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Abstract

A deformable body immersed in a randomly stirred incommpresible fluid was analyzed. The deformation of the body was investigated, sticking to physical situations in which the body departs only slightly from its spherical shape. The correlations of spherical harmonic modes for a general class of random flows that include, the flow due to thermal agitation, were studied. The results are applicable to a large class of deformable bodies with energy that depends only on the shape of the body, and a general class of random flows.

Original languageEnglish
Article number061202
Pages (from-to)612021-612029
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume68
Issue number6 1
StatePublished - Dec 2003

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