Passive and active bodies in vortex-street wakes

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 642, Issue , 2010, Pages 95-125

  Alben, Silas ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Propulsion; Swimming flying; Vortex streets

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); PROPULSION; WAKES;

FLEXIBLE BODIES; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MAXIMUM DEFLECTION; PRESSURE LOADING; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS; SWIMMING/FLYING; TRAILING EDGES; VORTEX STREET;

VORTEX FLOW;

DRAG; NUMERICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 76349105931     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991741     Document Type: Article

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