Hydrodynamic propulsion by large amplitude oscillation of an airfoil with chordwise flexibility

DOI10.1017/S0022112078002220zbMath0387.76007MaRDI QIDQ4168229

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Publication date: 1978

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

74F10: Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.)

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

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