Optimal shapes for anguilliform swimmers at intermediate Reynolds numbers

DOI10.1017/jfm.2013.157zbMath1287.76259OpenAlexW2172271163MaRDI QIDQ5417335

Wim M. van Rees, Mattia Gazzola, Petros Koumoutsakos

Publication date: 21 May 2014

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/67815

zbMATH Keywords

propulsionbiological fluid dynamicsswimming/flying

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Flow control and optimization for incompressible viscous fluids (76D55) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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