The performance of a flapping foil for a self-propelled fishlike body

Abstract Several fish species propel by oscillating the tail, while the remaining part of the body essentially contributes to the overall drag. Since in this case thrust and drag are in a way separable, most attention was focused on the study of propulsive efficiency for flapping foils under a presc...

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Main Authors: Damiano Paniccia, Luca Padovani, Giorgio Graziani, Renzo Piva
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/105b9ad0b4c74da1ae82186632a3712a
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