Abstract
The present study proposes a new device for the experiment of self-propelling bodies in the water. As opposed to the studies in the past whose experiments were often carried out in a water channel with a given freestream velocity, the new device allows the model to swim under an actual self-propelling condition. The adopted model mimics the caudal fin of various shapes and made of elastic material, and the self-propelling speed is investigated primarily as a function of the forcing frequency. The influence of the amplitude of forced vibration and the materials of different elasticity is also investigated. The flow field around the model fin has been measured by PIV to characterize the flow pattern produced by the fin-motion.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Flow Manipulation and Active Control; Bio-Inspired Fluid Mechanics; Boundary Layer and High-Speed Flows; Fluids Engineering Education; Transport Phenomena in Energy Conversion and Mixing; Turbulent Flows; Vortex Dynamics; DNS/LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Structure Interaction; Fluid Dynamics of Wind Energy; Bubble, Droplet, and Aerosol Dynamics |
| Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| Volume | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780791851555 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 Jan 1 |
| Event | ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 2018 Jul 15 → 2018 Jul 20 |
Other
| Other | ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Montreal |
| Period | 18/7/15 → 18/7/20 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering