Performance augmentation mechanism of in-line tandem flapping foils

DOI10.1017/jfm.2017.457zbMath1460.76985OpenAlexW2749241790MaRDI QIDQ4972318

Bharathram Ganapathisubramani, L. E. Muscutt, Gabriel D. Weymouth

Publication date: 25 November 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/414374/1/Muscutt2017_PerformanceAugmentationOfTandemFlappingFoils.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

vortex streetsbiological fluid dynamicsswimming/flying

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General aerodynamics and subsonic flows (76G25) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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