Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 392, Issue , 1999, Pages 183-212

  Barrett, D S ^a   Triantafyllou, M S ^a   Yue, D K P ^a   Grosenbaugh, M A ^b   Wolfgang, M J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

DRAG REDUCTION; STROUHAL NUMBER;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032667613     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099005455     Document Type: Article

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