Ground effect on a self-propelled undulatory foil
- 18 April 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in Modern Physics Letters B
- Vol. 32 (11)
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s021798491850135x
Abstract
The unsteady ground effect on a self-propelled undulatory foil is numerically investigated in this paper. The situation can be widely found in nature especially for fish swimming near the ground. In this study, frequency varies from 0.1 Hz to 2 Hz and distance from the ground varies from 0.2 L to 1 L. Under most kinematics, the ground has a negative effect on the performance of the foil. The swimming velocity slows down, power spend increases and swimming economy reduces. The higher frequency can produce a larger negative effect. Only at the low frequencies f = 0.1 Hz, 0.25 Hz and 0.5 Hz with distance of 0.2 L the velocity can be enhanced by 18%, 6%, 0.8%, respectively. The lift production is found to be increased. The link between the performance and the wake dynamics is also established by studying the vortex structures.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) (51479170)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51709229)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11502210)
- National Key R & D Plan of China (2016YFC0301300)
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