Numerical simulation of vortex-induced drag of elastic swimmer models

We present numerical simulations of simplified models for swimming organisms or robots, using chordwise flexible elastic plates. We focus on the tip vortices originating from three-dimensional effects due to the finite span of the plate. These effects play an important role when predicting the swimm...

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Main Authors: Thomas Engels, Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Kai Schneider, Jörn Sesterhenn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095034917301162