A numerical study of the propulsive efficiency of a flapping hydrofoil

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 493-526

  Pedro, G ^a   Suleman, A ^a   Djilali, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flapping hyodrofoil; Hydrofoil efficiency; Swimming propulsion

Indexed keywords

HYDROFOILS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

FLOW SEPARATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROFOIL; PROPULSION UNIT;

EID: 0038646169     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.525     Document Type: Article

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