Propulsive performance and vortex shedding of a foil in flapping motion

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Yang, Yan ^a   Lu, Xi Yun ^a   Yin, Xie Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Flapping motion; Thrust force; Unsteady flow; Vortex dynamics; Vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; METAL FOIL; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS; PROPULSION; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

FLAPPING MOTION; THRUST FORCE; VORTEX DYNAMICS;

VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 1542504933     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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