Undulatory and oscillatory swimming

Reynolds Number Scaling of the Propulsive Performance of a Pitching Airfoil

(2019) Utku Senturk et al.   AIAA JOURNAL

Scaling laws for the propulsive performance of three-dimensional pitching propulsors

(2019) Fatma Ayancik et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Scaling and Performance of Simultaneously Heaving and Pitching Foils

(2018) Tyler Van Buren et al.   AIAA JOURNAL

Numerical simulations of the flow around a square pitching panel

(2018) Utku Senturk et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES

Efficient cruising for swimming and flying animals is dictated by fluid drag

(2018) Daniel Floryan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simple scaling law predicts peak efficiency in oscillatory propulsion

(2018) Graham K. Taylor   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Experimental observations of the three-dimensional wake structures and dynamics generated by a rigid, bioinspired pitching panel

(2018) Justin T. King et al.   Physical Review Fluids

Flow speed has little impact on propulsive characteristics of oscillating foils

(2018) T. Van Buren et al.   Physical Review Fluids

Inviscid Scaling Laws of a Self-Propelled Pitching Airfoil

(2018) Keith W. Moored et al.   AIAA JOURNAL

Clarifying the relationship between efficiency and resonance for flexible inertial swimmers

(2018) Daniel Floryan et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Kinematics and Hydrodynamics of Mobuliform Swimming: Oscillatory Winged Propulsion by Large Pelagic Batoids

(2017) Frank E. Fish et al.   MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL

Nonsinusoidal gaits for unsteady propulsion

(2017) T. Van Buren et al.   Physical Review Fluids

How the bending kinematics of swimming lampreys build negative pressure fields for suction thrust

(2016) Brad J. Gemmell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Unsteady Thin-Airfoil Theory Revisited: Application of a Simple Lift Formula

(2015) Tianshu Liu et al.   AIAA JOURNAL

Maximizing the efficiency of a flexible propulsor using experimental optimization

(2015) Daniel B. Quinn et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Suction-based propulsion as a basis for efficient animal swimming

(2015) Brad J. Gemmell et al.   Nature Communications

Measurement of hydrodynamic force generation by swimming dolphins using bubble DPIV

(2014) F. E. Fish et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Scaling macroscopic aquatic locomotion

(2014) Mattia Gazzola et al.   Nature Physics

Scaling laws for the thrust production of flexible pitching panels

(2013) Peter A. Dewey et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Scaling the propulsive performance of heaving flexible panels

(2013) Daniel B. Quinn et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Passive elastic mechanism to mimic fish-muscle action in anguilliform swimming

(2013) S. Ramananarivo et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Hydrodynamic wake resonance as an underlying principle of efficient unsteady propulsion

(2012) K. W. Moored et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Optimal Strouhal number for swimming animals

(2012) Christophe Eloy   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES

Numerical studies on locomotion perfromance of fish-like tail fins

(2012) Gao-jin LI et al.   Journal of Hydrodynamics

Thrust performance of a flexible low-aspect-ratio pitching plate

(2012) Hu Dai et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Dynamics of freely swimming flexible foils

(2012) Silas Alben et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Fish Swimming and Bird/Insect Flight

(2011) Theodore Yaotsu Wu   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

On the relationship between efficiency and wake structure of a batoid-inspired oscillating fin

(2011) Peter A. Dewey et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

The unsteady three-dimensional wake produced by a trapezoidal pitching panel

(2011) Melissa A. Green et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Robotic Models for Studying Undulatory Locomotion in Fishes

(2011) George V. Lauder et al.   MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL

Rather than resonance, flapping wing flyers may play on aerodynamics to improve performance

(2011) S. Ramananarivo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Volumetric imaging of shark tail hydrodynamics reveals a three-dimensional dual-ring vortex wake structure

(2011) B. E. Flammang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Thrust production by a mechanical swimming lamprey

(2010) M. C. Leftwich et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

Recent progress in flapping wing aerodynamics and aeroelasticity

(2010) W. Shyy et al.   PROGRESS IN AEROSPACE SCIENCES

On burst-and-coast swimming performance in fish-like locomotion

(2009) M-H Chung   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Optimal Vortex Formation as a Unifying Principle in Biological Propulsion

(2008) John O. Dabiri   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

The wake structure and thrust performance of a rigid low-aspect-ratio pitching panel

(2008) JAMES H. J. BUCHHOLZ et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Effects of three-dimensionality on thrust production by a pitching panel

(2008) MELISSA A. GREEN et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Optimal flexibility of a flapping appendage in an inviscid fluid

(2008) SILAS ALBEN   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Vortex-wake interactions of a flapping foil that models animal swimming and flight

(2007) D. Lentink et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effect of spanwise flexibility on flapping wing propulsion

(2007) S. Heathcote et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES