On Optimum Propulsion by Means of Small Periodic Motions of a Rigid Profile II. Optimization of the Period and Numerical Results

DOI10.1002/sapm1990823181zbMath0722.76009MaRDI QIDQ3210277

H. P. Urbach

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Studies in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/sapm1990823181

zbMATH Keywords

inviscid incompressible fluid; optimization problem; optimum thrust; pure heaving motions; rigid profile; small amplitude periodic motions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M30: Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76B10: Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing