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COMPUTERS & FLUIDS
卷 124, 期 -, 页码 220-225出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2015.07.009
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Lattice Boltzmann model; Fluid-structure interaction; Elastic swimmer
We use three dimensional computer simulations to investigate the free swimming of plunging elastic plates with aspect ratios ranging from 0.5 to 5 in a viscous fluid with Reynolds number 250. We show that maximum velocity occurs near the first natural frequency regardless of aspect ratio, whereas the maximum swimming economy occurs away from the first natural frequency and is associated with a specific swimmer bending pattern. Moreover, we show that the low aspect ratio swimmers, those with wider spans, are not only the fastest but also the most economical. The faster speeds are associated with a decrease in effective drag for low aspect ratio plunging swimmers. We find that the recently proposed vortex-induced drag model adequately explains the drag reduction by suggesting that the smaller relative size of side vortices in low aspect ratio swimmers creates less drag per unit width. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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