Passive and active bodies in vortex-street wakes

DOI10.1017/S0022112009991741zbMath1183.76654MaRDI QIDQ3550501

Silas Alben

Publication date: 31 March 2010

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

zbMATH Keywords

propulsion; vortex streets; swimming/flying

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

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