Numerical experiments on the transient motions of a flapping foil

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2008.05.005zbMath1153.76335OpenAlexW2014066003MaRDI QIDQ999758

Laura Guglielmini, Paolo Blondeaux

Publication date: 10 February 2009

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2008.05.005

zbMATH Keywords

fish swimmingfast-start manoeuvreflapping foils

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Spectral methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M22)

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