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On the swimming of a flexible plate of arbitrary finite thickness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

J. P. Uldrick  and
J. Siekmann
J. P. Uldrick
Affiliation:
Advanced Mechanics Research Section, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. Present address: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Clemson College, Clemson, S.C., U.S.A.
J. Siekmann
Affiliation:
Advanced Mechanics Research Section, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This paper studies the effect of profile thickness on the propulsive forces generated by the swimming of a two-dimensional fish. Comparison of numerical calculations with reported experimental data shows good agreement and demonstrates a decrease of thrust with increasing thickness. Previous two-dimensional linearized theories on fish propulsion dealing with the motion of an infinitesimally thin hydrofoil are included in the present contribution as special cases.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , September 1964 , pp. 1 - 33
Copyright
© 1964 Cambridge University Press

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