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Propulsive performance of oscillating plates with time-periodic flexibility
David Yudin, Daniel Floryan, Tyler Van Buren
We use small-amplitude inviscid theory to study the swimming performance of a flexible flapping plate with time-varying flexibility. The stiffness of the plate oscillates at twice…
Large-amplitude oscillations of foils for efficient propulsion
Daniel Floryan, Tyler Van Buren, Alexander J. Smits
Large-amplitude oscillations of foils have been observed to yield greater propulsive efficiency than small-amplitude oscillations. Using scaling relations and experiments on foils…
Efficient cruising for swimming and flying animals is dictated by fluid drag
Daniel Floryan, Tyler Van Buren, Alexander J. Smits
Many swimming and flying animals are observed to cruise in a narrow range of Strouhal numbers, where the Strouhal number is a dimensionless parameter that relates st…
Bio-inspired underwater propulsors
Tyler Van Buren, Daniel Floryan, Alexander Smits
Here we present a general overview of bio-inspired propulsion. We identify the major types of aquatic swimmers (oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatile, and drag-based) and break down t…
Flow speed has little impact on propulsive characteristics of oscillating foils
Tyler Van Buren, Daniel Floryan, Nathaniel Wei +1
Experiments are reported on the performance of a pitching and heaving two-dimensional foil in a water channel in either continuous or intermittent motion. We find that the thrust a…
Scaling the propulsive performance of heaving and pitching foils
Daniel Floryan, Tyler Van Buren, Clarence W. Rowley +1
Scaling laws for the propulsive performance of rigid foils undergoing oscillatory heaving and pitching motions are presented. Water tunnel experiments on a nominally two-dimensiona…
Forces and energetics of intermittent swimming
Daniel Floryan, Tyler Van Buren, Alexander J. Smits
Experiments are reported on intermittent swimming motions. Water tunnel experiments on a nominally two-dimensional pitching foil show that the mean thrust and power scale linearly…