Horizontal locomotion of a vertically flapping oblate spheroid

DOI10.1017/JFM.2018.62zbMath1419.76747OpenAlexW2786257696MaRDI QIDQ5226998

Jian Deng, C. P. Caulfield

Publication date: 5 August 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273884

zbMATH Keywords

vortex dynamicspropulsionbiological fluid dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Viscous vortex flows (76D17) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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