Numerical study on hydrodynamic effect of flexibility in a self-propelled plunging foil

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.03.031zbMath1391.76274OpenAlexW2033642938WikidataQ59387917 ScholiaQ59387917MaRDI QIDQ1641390

Xing Zhang, Guo-wei He, Xiao-Jue Zhu

Publication date: 19 June 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.03.031

zbMATH Keywords

fluid-structure interactionimmersed boundary methodself-propulsionpassive flexibilityvortex streetplunging foil

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Boundary element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M15)

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