On performance of an oscillating plate underwater propulsion system with variable chordwise flexibility at different depths of submergence

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-166

  Barannyk, Oleksandr ^a   Buckham, Bradley J ^a   Oshkai, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomimetic swimming; Digital particle image velocimetry; Direct force measurements; Oscillating foil propulsion

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC SWIMMING; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENTS; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; DYNAMIC STALLS; FLEXIBLE SEGMENTS; MARINE ANIMALS; OSCILLATING FOILS; OSCILLATING PLATES; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; PROPULSORS; RIGID PLATE; THRUST COEFFICIENTS; TRAILING EDGES; UNDERWATER PROPULSION SYSTEMS; WAKE STRUCTURES;

BIOMIMETICS; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; FISH; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MARINE ENGINEERING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHIP PROPULSION; STROUHAL NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 84856091026     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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