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Stability of Underwater Periodic Locomotion
Fangxu Jing, Eva Kanso
Most aquatic vertebrates swim by lateral flapping of their bodies and caudal fins. While much effort has been devoted to understanding the flapping kinematics and its influence on…
Optimization of two- and three-link snake-like locomotion
Fangxu Jing, Silas Alben
We analyze two- and three-link planar snake-like locomotion and optimize the motion for efficiency. The locomoting system consists of two or three identical inextensible links conn…
Motion Control of a Spinning Disc on Rotating Earth
Fangxu Jing, Eva Kanso, Paul K. Newton
This paper considers the motion control of a particle and a spinning disc on rotating earth. The equations of motion are derived using Lagrangian mechanics. Trajectory planning is…
Effects of Body Elasticity on Stability of Underwater Locomotion
Fangxu Jing, Eva Kanso
We examine the stability of the "coast" motion of fish, that is to say, the motion of a neutrally buoyant fish at constant speed in a straight line. The forces and moments acting o…
Insights into symmetric and asymmetric vortex mergers using the core growth model
Fangxu Jing, Eva Kanso, Paul K. Newton
We revisit the two vortex merger problem (symmetric and asymmetric) for the Navier-Stokes equations using the core growth model for vorticity evolution coupled with the passive par…
Viscous evolution of point vortex equilibria: The collinear state
Fangxu Jing, Eva Kanso, Paul K. Newton
When point vortex equilibria of the 2D Euler equations are used as initial conditions for the corre- sponding Navier-Stokes equations (viscous), typically an interesting dynamical…