Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion

Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion

We present experimental force and power measurements demonstrating that the power required to propel an actively swimming, streamlined, fish-like body is significantly smaller than the power needed to tow the body straight and rigid at the same speed U. The data have been obtained through accurat...

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Main Authors: Barrett, D.S., Triantafyllou, M.S., Yue, D.K.P., Grosenbaugh, M.A., Wolfgang, M.J.
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
Subjects:
drag reduction
fish-like locomotion
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/25618

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