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Optimal Thrust Development in Oscillating Foils with Application to Fish Propulsion

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In this paper, it was shown that a stable coexistence of the jet profile and the large-scale patterns is ensured only at the frequency of maximum amplification, hence at this frequency optimal efficiency is obtained, i.e., maximum thrust per unit input energy.
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This article is published in Journal of Fluids and Structures.The article was published on 1993-02-01. It has received 808 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Strouhal number & Thrust.

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