Optimal shapes for anguilliform swimmers at intermediate Reynolds numbers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 722, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Van Rees, Wim M ^a   Gazzola, Mattia ^a   Koumoutsakos, Petros ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological fluid dynamics; Propulsion; Swimming flying

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMIMETICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; INTERMEDIATE REYNOLDS NUMBER; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OPTIMAL MORPHOLOGY; SWIMMING/FLYING; TRAVELLING WAVES;

OPTIMIZATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 84886264640     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.157     Document Type: Article

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