A numerical investigation of the propulsion of water walkers

DOI10.1017/S0022112010004763zbMath1225.76320OpenAlexW2136802895MaRDI QIDQ3097687

James J. Feng, Peng Gao

Publication date: 10 November 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010004763

zbMATH Keywords

contact linespropulsioninterfacial flows (free surface)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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