Lunate-tail swimming propulsion. Part 2. Performance analysis

DOI10.1017/S0022112090001318zbMath0686.76054OpenAlexW2159592534MaRDI QIDQ4205213

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Publication date: 1990

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112090001318

zbMATH Keywords

lunate-tail swimming propulsionoscillating, high-aspect-ratio, lifting surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Animal behavior (92D50) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• The unsteady quasi-vortex-lattice method with applications to animal propulsion
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• An unsteady lifting line theory of flapping wings with application to the forward flight of birds
• Hydromechanics of lunate-tail swimming propulsion
• Large amplitude lunate-tail theory of fish locomotion
• Hydrodynamic propulsion by large amplitude oscillation of an airfoil with chordwise flexibility
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• Aquatic animal propulsion of high hydromechanical efficiency

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