Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
797105 Journal of Fluids and Structures 2012 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

To evaluate the swimming performances of aquatic animals, an important dimensionless quantity is the Strouhal number, St=fA/USt=fA/U, with f the tail-beat frequency, A the peak-to-peak tail amplitude, and U   the swimming velocity. Experiments with flapping foils have exhibited maximum propulsive efficiency in the interval 0.25

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