Numerical study of rowing hydrofoil performance at low Reynolds numbers

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-335

  Chung, M H ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive mesh refinement; Cartesian grid method; Cut cell approach; Low Reynolds number; Rowing hydrofoil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; CARTESIAN GRID METHOD; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROWING HYDROFOIL; ROWING KINEMATICS;

HYDROFOILS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROFOILS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 42649089095     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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