The swimming of a pair of spherical bladders that change their volumes and
mutual distance is efficient at low Reynolds numbers and is superior to other
models of artificial swimmers. The change of shape resembles the wriggling
motion known as {\it metaboly} of certain protozoa.
@article{0501049,
author = {Avron, J. E. and Kenneth, O. and Oaknin, D. H.},
title = {Pushmepullyou: An efficient micro-swimmer},
journal = {arXiv},
volume = {2005},
number = {0},
year = {2005},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0501049}
}
Avron, J. E.; Kenneth, O.; Oaknin, D. H. Pushmepullyou: An efficient micro-swimmer. arXiv, Tome 2005 (2005) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0501049/