Swimming of the semi-infinite strip revisited

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-55

  Vorus, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hydrodynamics; Reduced drag; Swimming

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES; WATER WAVES;

IDEAL FLOW THEORY; LINEAR TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DRAG REDUCTION; FISH; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 13644273272     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-004-2259-2     Document Type: Article

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