Numerical experiments on flapping foils mimicking fish-like locomotion

DOI10.1063/1.2131923zbMath1188.76015OpenAlexW1987938048MaRDI QIDQ3557335

F. Fornarelli, Michael S. Triantafyllou, Roberto Verzicco, Paolo Blondeaux, Laura Guglielmini

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2131923

zbMATH Keywords

convectionvorticesbiomechanicsexternal flowsfluid oscillationszoologyfoils

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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