Hydromechanics of lunate-tail swimming propulsion

DOI10.1017/S002211207400245XzbMath0289.76063MaRDI QIDQ4041301

M. G. Chopra

Publication date: 1974

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• Aquatic animal propulsion of high hydromechanical efficiency