Scaling the propulsive performance of heaving and pitching foils
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Publication:5364809
DOI10.1017/JFM.2017.302zbMATH Open1383.76575arXiv1704.07478OpenAlexW3102503030MaRDI QIDQ5364809FDOQ5364809
Authors: Daniel Floryan, Tyler van Buren, Clarence W. Rowley, Alexander J. Smits 
Publication date: 28 September 2017
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Scaling laws for the propulsive performance of rigid foils undergoing oscillatory heaving and pitching motions are presented. Water tunnel experiments on a nominally two-dimensional flow validate the scaling laws, with the scaled data for thrust, power, and efficiency all showing excellent collapse. The analysis indicates that the behaviour of the foils depends on both Strouhal number and reduced frequency, but for motions where the viscous drag is small the thrust closely follows a linear dependence on reduced frequency. The scaling laws are also shown to be consistent with biological data on swimming aquatic animals.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.07478
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