Performance of flapping foil propulsion

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 7 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 949-959

  Schouveiler, Lionel ^a   Hover, F S ^b   Triantafyllou, M S ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Flapping foil; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

AQUATIC PROPULSION; FLAPPING FOIL; STROUHAL NUMBER;

AIRFOILS;

FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PROPULSION UNIT;

EID: 23844499420     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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