Propulsion Performance of Spanwise Flexible Wing Using Unsteady Panel Method  

作　　者：NAJAFI Saeed LIU Pengfei 

机构地区：[1]Ocean Engineering and Technology Department,Iranian National Institute for Oceanography(INIO),Tehran 1411813389,Iran [2]Marine,Offshore and Subsea Technology,School of Engineering,Newcastle University,Newcastle upon Tyne,NE17RU,UK

出　　处：《Journal of Ocean University of China》2020年第3期505-518,共14页中国海洋大学学报（英文版）

摘　　要：In this paper, the propulsion performance of a spanwise flexible oscillating wing, which is broadly similar to the undulation of a fin fluke, is investigated. The geometry of the fluke underwent three prescribed harmonic oscillating motions simultaneously while surging with constant velocity. The effect of deflection phase angle, flexibility parameter, and wing tip deflection amplitude on thrust coefficient and swimming efficiency was studied. A low-order unsteady panel method coupled with a time stepping algorithm for free wake alignment is implemented in a computer program to estimate the propulsion efficiency of lifting bodies. A novel approach is introduced to evaluate the singular integrals of line vortices by using an adaptive mollifier function. This method is an efficient way to accelerate computational speed by reducing the order of problem from R^3 to body boundaries. Results present the significant effect of phase angle on the propulsion characteristics of oscillating fluke.

关 键 词：propulsion performance fin whale fluke flexible wing panel method wake alignment 

分 类 号：P715[天文地球—海洋科学]