Abstract:
:Numerical simulations are conducted to investigate the influences of a solid wall on the self-propelled swimming of a flexible plunging foil. It is found that the presence of a solid wall enhances the cruising speed, with the cost of increasing input power. Rigid foil can achieve high percentage increase in cruising speed when swimming near a solid wall, but the propulsive efficiency may be reduced. Foils with some flexibility can enjoy the enhancements in both cruising speed and propulsive efficiency. Another advantage of the flexible foils in near-wall swimming is that smaller averaged lateral forces are produced. The effects of wall confinement on the wake structure and the vortex dynamics are also studied in this paper. The results obtained in this study shed some light on the unsteady wall effect experienced by aquatic animals and also inform the design of bio-mimetic underwater vehicles which are capable of exploiting the wall effect.
journal_name
Bioinspir Biomimjournal_title
Bioinspiration & biomimeticsauthors
Dai L,He G,Zhang Xdoi
10.1088/1748-3190/11/4/046005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-07-05 00:00:00pages
046005issue
4eissn
1748-3182issn
1748-3190journal_volume
11pub_type
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