Energetics and optimum motion of oscillating lifting surfaces of finite span

DOI10.1017/S0022112086002045zbMath0587.76017MaRDI QIDQ3714678

Sheila E. Widnall, A. R. Ahmadi

Publication date: 1986

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

zbMATH Keywords

uniquenessvortex sheddingoptimum solutionwing of finite spanelliptic wingaverage total thrustcombined pitch and heaveenergetic calculationsenergy-loss rateleading-edge suction forcelow-frequency unsteady lifting-line theoryoptimum motion of a wingvalues of thrustwing oscillations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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