Immersed boundary methods for simulations of biological flows in swimming and flying bio-locomotion: A review

Y Zeng, Y Wang, D Yang, Q Chen - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological flows in swimming and flying bio-locomotion usually involve intricate flexible or
rigid structures that undergo large deformations and displacements, as well as rich …

A comprehensive review of hydrodynamic studies on fish schooling

M Ligman, J Lund, M Fürth - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Collective motion of organisms is a widespread phenomenon exhibited by many species,
most commonly associated with colonial birds and schools of fish. The benefits of schooling …

Hydrodynamics of median-fin interactions in fish-like locomotion: Effects of fin shape and movement

P Han, GV Lauder, H Dong - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies have shown that by utilizing the interactions among median fins (the dorsal,
anal, and caudal fins), fishes can achieve higher propulsion performance at the caudal fin …

Hydrodynamic interactions and wake dynamics of fish schooling in rectangle and diamond formations

C Wei, Q Hu, S Li, X Shi - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The study is motivated by the quest to understand hydrodynamic interactions and wake
dynamics of fish schooling. Using the constraint immersed boundary method, the work …

Mechanism of wake-induced flow dynamics in tandem flapping foils: Effect of the chord and gap ratios on propulsion

V Joshi, RC Mysa - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The present study investigates the mechanisms of wake-induced flow dynamics in tandem
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 0015 flapping foils at low Reynolds number of …

Hydrodynamic energy harvesting analysis of two piezoelectric tandem flags under influence of upstream body's wakes

A Mujtaba, U Latif, E Uddin, MY Younis, M Sajid, Z Ali… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of the interaction of piezoelectric flags in the tandem configuration on
energy harvesting in a wake flow are experimentally investigated. The flags are placed …

Effects of wake interaction on energy extraction performance of tandem semi-active flapping foils

F Zhao, Z Wang, M Qadri, O Khan, A Munir… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A numerical investigation was carried out to analyze the interactions between semi-active
tandem flapping foils at various tandem distances with a chord-based Reynolds number of …

Effects of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios

A Shahzad, FB Tian, J Young, J Lai - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic hovering performance of wings at
a Reynolds number of 400 has been assessed by conducting fluid structure interaction …

Influence of the pivot location on the thrust and propulsive efficiency performance of a two-dimensional flapping elliptic airfoil in a forward flight

J Sinha, KB Lua, SM Dash - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this article, the effect of the pivot point location on the thrust performance of a two-
dimensional sinusoidal flapping elliptic airfoil in a forward flight condition is investigated …

Numerical analysis of the wing–wake interaction of tandem flapping wings in forward flight

D Bie, D Li - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Tandem flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles, which are inspired by dragonflies, are unique
in that they have two pairs of wings, and this could increase their maneuverability during …