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Manipulating thrust wakes: A parallel with biomimetic propulsion
We present an experiment to investigate the role of shed vortices in thrust production. Using two different mechanisms, harmonic acoustic forcing and vortex trapping, a dry-air jet was manipulated to give the wake a typical propulsive-like pattern as observed behind swimmers or flyers. Our results s...
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Published in: | Europhysics letters 2012-02, Vol.97 (4), p.44008 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | We present an experiment to investigate the role of shed vortices in thrust production. Using two different mechanisms, harmonic acoustic forcing and vortex trapping, a dry-air jet was manipulated to give the wake a typical propulsive-like pattern as observed behind swimmers or flyers. Our results show that even in a thrust production configuration, wakes with asymmetric roll-up of vortices are always associated to performance loss. By contrast, cases involving symmetric modes show thrust enhancement, as reported in very recent studies on pulsed jet propulsion. |
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ISSN: | 0295-5075 1286-4854 |
DOI: | 10.1209/0295-5075/97/44008 |