Unsteady three-dimensional boundary element method for self-propelled bio-inspired locomotion

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.03.045zbMath1390.76547arXiv1703.08259OpenAlexW2608243819MaRDI QIDQ1649823

K. W. Moored

Publication date: 28 June 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08259

zbMATH Keywords

boundary element methodvortex dynamicsunsteady flowspanel methodself-propelled swimmingbio-inspired propulsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M15) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10) Boundary element methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M38)

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