Wake topology and hydrodynamic performance of low-aspect-ratio flapping foils

DOI10.1017/S002211200600190XzbMath1106.76025MaRDI QIDQ3422007

Rajat Mittal, Haibo Dong, Fady M. Najjar

Publication date: 9 February 2007

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

zbMATH Keywords

immersed boundary methodvortex topologyfish pectoral fins

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