Oscillating foils of high propulsive efficiency

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 360, Issue , 1998, Pages 41-72

  Anderson, J M ^a,b   Streitlien, K ^a   Barrett, D S ^a   Triantafyllou, M S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES;

OSCILLATING FLOWS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0032046191     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097008392     Document Type: Article

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