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physics.flu-dyn2026
Clapping propulsion and thin vortex rings: a computational study of vortex dynamics, energy equivalence, and core potential energy
Suyog V. Mahulkar, Jaywant H. Arakeri
The paper presents computational simulations of clapping propulsion using two thin plates, comparing dynamic and stationary closure cases, and analyzes the resulting vortex structu…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Existence of three distinct scaling regimes in self-propelled rigid pitching airfoil
Rakshita Joshi, Jaywant Arakeri
We investigate the effect of imposed kinematics on the self-propulsion of the NACA0015 symmetric airfoil section subject to sinusoidal pitching. We employ a rotary apparatus capabl…