The efficiency of pulsed-jet propulsion

DOI10.1017/S0022112010005768zbMath1225.76322OpenAlexW2163784263MaRDI QIDQ3097664

Paul Fredrick Linden

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/s0022112010005768

zbMATH Keywords

wakesvortex flowspropulsionswimming/flying

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• The formation of ‘optimal’ vortex rings, and the efficiency of propulsion devices
• Vortex-enhanced propulsion
• The significance of vortex ring formation to the impulse and thrust of a starting jet
• Optimal Vortex Formation as a Unifying Principle in Biological Propulsion
• A universal time scale for vortex ring formation

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