Scaling the circulation shed by a pitching panel

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 688, Issue , 2011, Pages 591-601

  Buchholz, James H J ^a   Green, Melissa A ^b   Smits, Alexander J ^c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

propulsion; swimming flying; vortex shedding

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY;

GEOMETRIC COMPONENT; KINEMATIC COMPONENTS; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; RECTANGULAR PANELS; SCALING PARAMETER; SPANWISE CIRCULATION; SURFACE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SWIMMING/FLYING;

KINEMATICS;

GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; PANEL DATA; PRESSURE; SWIMMING; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY;

EID: 84855477361     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.408     Document Type: Article

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