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Wake mechanics for thrust generation in oscillating foils
Abstract
Foils oscillating transversely to an oncoming uniform flow produce, under certain conditions, thrust. It is shown through experimental data from flapping foils and data from fish observation that thrust develops through the formation of a reverse von Kármán street whose preferred Strouhal number is between 0.25 and 0.35, and that optimal foil efficiency is achieved within this Strouhal range.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Triantafyllou, M. S., Triantafyllou, G. S., & Gopalkrishnan, R.
- Venue
- Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 1991-12-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2835-2837
- ISSN
- 0899-8213 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2047561018
- Cited by
- 497
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 4.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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