A numerical study on unsteady flow around a mechanical pectoral fin

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Suzuki, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kato, Naomi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Chimera grid system; Drag based swimming mode; Flow visualization; Mechanical pectoral fin; Navier Stokes equation; Overlapping grid method; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

FEATHERING; FIN MOTION; FLAPPING; MECHANICAL PECTORAL FIN; ROWING;

UNSTEADY FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIN; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 25444516206     PISSN: 10535381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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