Lunate-tail swimming propulsion as a problem of curved lifting line in unsteady flow. Part 1. Asymptotic theory

DOI10.1017/S0022112084001373zbMath0562.76129OpenAlexW2148377456MaRDI QIDQ3675832

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Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112084001373

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic theoryhigh-aspect-ratiolunate tailoscillating lifting surfacesswimming propulsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• Lifting-line theory of swept wings based on the full potential theory
• Some notes on unsteady lifting-line theory
• Large amplitude lunate-tail theory of fish locomotion
• Hydromechanics of lunate-tail swimming propulsion. Part 2
• Lifting-line theory as a singular-perturbation problem
• Aquatic animal propulsion of high hydromechanical efficiency
• Hydromechanics of swimming propulsion. Part 1. Swimming of a two-dimensional flexible plate at variable forward speeds in an inviscid fluid

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