Mode coupling and flow energy harvesting by a flapping foil

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zhu, Qiang ^a   Peng, Zhangli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY HARVESTING; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW ENERGY HARVESTING; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICAL MEASURES; VORTICITY CONTROLS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 64249166589     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3092484     Document Type: Article

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