Experimental investigations of elastic tail propulsion at low Reynolds number

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Yu, Tony S ^a   Lauga, Eric ^a,b   Hosoi, A E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROBOTICS;

ELASTIC TAIL PROPULSION; PROPULSIVE FORCE MEASUREMENT; ROBOTIC SWIMMER;

PROPULSION;

ELASTICITY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33749245864     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2349585     Document Type: Article

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