Vortex wakes of a flapping foil

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 633, Issue , 2009, Pages 411-423

  Schnipper, Teis ^a   Andersen, Anders ^a   Bohr, Tomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE DIAGRAMS; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

DIMENSIONLESS AMPLITUDE; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; OSCILLATION PERIODS; PITCHING OSCILLATION; SHEDDING PROCESS; THRUST GENERATION; VORTEX FORMATION; VORTICITY GENERATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

DRAG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; MODELING; OSCILLATING FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 69649103111     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007964     Document Type: Article

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