Optimal Strouhal number for swimming animals

Journal of Fluids and Structures

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-218

  Eloy, Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Constrained optimisation; Potential flow theory; Strouhal number; Swimming

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ANIMALS; FLAPPING FOIL; OPTIMISATIONS; POTENTIAL FLOW THEORY; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; SWIMMING; SWIMMING VELOCITIES;

OPTIMIZATION; STROUHAL NUMBER;

ANIMALS;

EID: 84858997930     PISSN: 08899746     EISSN: 10958622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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