Optimal frequency for flow energy harvesting of a flapping foil

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 675, Issue , 2011, Pages 495-517

  Zhu, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

absolute convective instability; flow structure interactions; wakes

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; EXTRACTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OSCILLATING FLOW; PROPULSION; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

ABSOLUTE/CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; ENERGY EXTRACTION; FLOW ENERGY HARVESTING; FLOW-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; ORR-SOMMERFELD EQUATIONS; PROPULSION EFFICIENCY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW STABILITY; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKE;

EID: 79959197146     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112011000334     Document Type: Article

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