On the propulsion efficiency of swimming flexible hydrofoils of finite thickness

DOI10.1017/S0022112068000571zbMath0177.55201OpenAlexW2119202655MaRDI QIDQ5564219

J. P. Uldrick

Publication date: 1968

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112068000571

zbMATH Keywords

decrease of thrust with increasing thicknesseffect of profile thicknessinfinitesimally thin hydrofoilpropulsive forces generated by swimming of a two-dimensional fish

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

Cites Work

• Theoretical studies of sea animal locomotion, part 2
• Theoretical studies of sea animal locomotion, Part 1
• Analysis of the swimming of microscopic organisms

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