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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…
Substantial drag reduction in turbulent flow using liquid-infused surfaces
Tyler Van Buren, Alexander Smits
Experiments are presented that demonstrate how liquid-infused surfaces can reduce turbulent drag significantly in Taylor-Couette flow. The test liquid was water, and the test surfa…
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…