Scaling laws for the thrust production of flexible pitching panels

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 732, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-46

  Dewey, Peter A ^a   Boschitsch, Birgitt M ^a   Moored, Keith W ^b   Stone, Howard A ^a   Smits, Alexander J ^a,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biological fluid dynamics; propulsion; swimming flying

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROPULSION;

AQUATIC PROPULSION; BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; ELASTIC FORCE; FLEXIBLE PANELS; GLOBAL MAXIMUM; PITCHING MOTION; PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCIES; SWIMMING/FLYING;

EFFICIENCY;

ELASTICITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCE; SWIMMING; AMPLIFICATION; RESONANCE;

EID: 84883339412     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.384     Document Type: Article

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