Hydrodynamics of a biologically inspired tandem flapping foil configuration

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-170

  Akhtar, Imran ^a,b   Mittal, Rajat ^a   Lauder, George V ^c   Drucker, Elliot ^c,d  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington Trout   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex moving boundaries; Fish fins; Fish locomotion; Flapping foil; Thrust augmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MOVING BOUNDARIES; FISH FINS; FISH LOCOMOTION; FLAPPING FOIL; THRUST AUGMENTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING;

BIOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TELEOST; VORTEX FLOW;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 34247189132     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: 14322250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-007-0045-2     Document Type: Article

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