On the swimming of a flexible body in a vortex street

DOI10.1017/S0022112009990619zbMath1183.76652MaRDI QIDQ3550359

Silas Alben

Publication date: 31 March 2010

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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