Thrust efficiency of harmonically oscillating flexible flat plates

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 674, Issue , 2011, Pages 43-66

  Ferreira De Sousa, Paulo J S A ^a,b,c   Allen, James J ^a  

^a Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flow structure interactions; propulsion; swimming flying

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIGIDITY; TURBULENT FLOW;

COMPACT FINITE DIFFERENCES; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; FLOW FIELD CHARACTERISTICS; FLOW-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SWIMMING/FLYING; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE;

MEMBRANES;

BENDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW FIELD; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIGIDITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 79956014410     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006373     Document Type: Article

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