THEORETICAL STUDIES OF SEA ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. PART I,

Abstract

The swimming of a fish is investigated, using as a model a thin, waving plate in two-dimensional, inviscid flow. The solution is essentially an extension of the study of oscillating aerofoils, and is found by replacing the body with a vortex sheet and calculating the flow field. The thrust, lift, required power, and propulsive efficiency are calculated for specific cases and the thrust compared with experimental results.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 1961
Accession Number
AD0614140

Entities

People

  • J. Siekmann

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airfoils
  • Animal Locomotion
  • Efficiency
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Inviscid Flow
  • Locomotion
  • Physiological Phenomena
  • Swimming
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aquatic Ecology