supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50879014);the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.200802170010)
A comprehensive numerical simulation of the hydrodynamic performance of a caudal fin with unsymmetric flapping motion is carried out. The unsymmetrical motion is induced by adding a pitch bias or a heave bias. A numer...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51179035 and 50879014);the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.200802170010)
In order to study the propulsion mechanism of the bionic flapping hydrofoil (BFH), a 2-DoF (heave and pitch) motion model is formulated. The hydrodynamic performance of BFH with a series of kinematical parameters ...