Revealing the mechanism and scaling laws behind equilibrium altitudes of near-ground pitching hydrofoils

T Han, Q Zhong, A Mivehchi, DB Quinn… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
A classic lift decomposition (Von Kármán & Sears, J. Aeronaut. Sci., vol. 5, 1938, pp. 379–
390) is conducted on potential flow simulations of a near-ground pitching hydrofoil. It is …

Self-Propelled Swimming of a Flexible Propulsor Actuated by a Distributed Active Moment

C Han, Z Zhang, X Zhang - Fluids, 2023 - mdpi.com
The self-propelled swimming of a flexible propulsor is numerically investigated by using fluid-
structure interaction simulations. A distributed active moment mimicking the muscle …