Thrust generation by a heaving flexible foil: Resonance, nonlinearities, and optimality

F Paraz, L Schouveiler, C Eloy - Physics of Fluids, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Flexibility of marine animal fins has been thought to enhance swimming performance.
However, despite numerous experimental and numerical studies on flap** flexible foils …

A parametric investigation of the propulsion of 2D chordwise-flexible flap** wings at low Reynolds number using numerical simulations

M Olivier, G Dumas - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical investigation of the effects of chordwise flexibility on
flap** wings at low Reynolds number. The numerical simulations are performed with a …

The effects of flexibility on the formation and evolution of wake vortices behind a heaving plate

X Li, G He - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The kinematics of vortical structures behind heaving plates with different flexibility has been
investigated using particle image velocimetry. The rectangular plates with different …

A Study of the Interaction Between Inviscid Flow and a Cantilevered Flexible Plate

ROG Evetts - 2017 - espace.curtin.edu.au
New models are presented which explore the fluid-structure interaction between a
cantilevered flexible plate and ideal flow, giving rise to an utter instability. Firstly, it is shown …

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C Annexe - Oscillation d'une plaque flexible dans un écoulement, 2015 - hal.science
Flexibility of marine animal fins has been thought to enhance swimming performance.
However, despite numerous experimental and numerical studies on flap** flexible foils …