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SUBMITTER: Takagi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7021710 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takagi Daisuke D Strickler J Rudi JR
Scientific reports 20200214 1
A body with mechanical sensors may remotely detect particles suspended in the surrounding fluid via controlled agitation. Here we propose a sensory mode that relies on generating unsteady flow and sensing particle-induced distortions in the flow field. We demonstrate the basic physical principle in a simple analytical model, which consists of a small spherical particle at some distance from a plate undergoing impulsive or oscillatory motion. The model shows that changes in pressure or shear on t ...[more]