Active tail flexion in concert with passive hydrodynamic forces improves swimming speed and efficiency

DOI10.1017/jfm.2021.984OpenAlexW3159293335MaRDI QIDQ3383617

Haotian Hang, Sina Heydari, Eva Kanso, John H. Costello

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.11869

zbMATH Keywords

wakeflow-structure interactionvortex sheet methodactive body bendingpassive body bendingself-propelled two-link model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Vortex methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M23) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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