Scaling the propulsive performance of heaving flexible panels

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 738, Issue , 2014, Pages 250-267

  Quinn, Daniel B ^a   Lauder, George V ^b   Smits, Alexander J ^a,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

flow structure interactions; propulsion; swimming flying

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PROPULSION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENTS; EULER-BERNOULLI BEAM EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SELF-PROPELLED SWIMMINGS; SWIMMING/FLYING;

STROUHAL NUMBER;

AMPLITUDE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINEMATICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84899540488     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.597     Document Type: Article

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