One of the emerging themes of fish-inspired robotics is flexibility. Adding flexibility to the
body, joints, or fins of fish-inspired robots can significantly improve thrust and/or efficiency …

Fishes have learned how to achieve outstanding swimming performance through the
evolution of hundreds of millions of years, which can provide bio-inspiration for robotic fish …

Theory and modelling remain central to improving our understanding of undulatory and
oscillatory swimming. Simple models based on added mass can help to give great insight …

Flexible slender structures are ubiquitous in biological systems and engineering
applications. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) plays a key role in the dynamics of such …

Many fish propel themselves using wave-like lateral flexion of their body and tail in the
water. The undulatory body is driven by the distributed muscles, and locomotion is achieved …

In this paper, we numerically investigate the propulsive performance of three-dimensional
pitching flexible plates with varying flexibility and trailing edge shapes. We employ our …

Self-propulsive performances of the flexible plates undergoing pitching and heaving motions
are investigated numerically. The effects of multiple key dimensionless parameters are …

We report results from an experimental investigation on the fluid-structure interactions of
flapping foils with tapered thickness profiles actuated in a quiescent viscous fluid. We seek …

The effect of non-uniform chordwise stiffness distribution on the self-propulsive performance
of three-dimensional flexible plates is studied numerically. Some typical stiffness …

The propulsive performance of a flexible foil with prescribed pitching and heaving motions
about any pivot point location and passive chordwise flexural deflection is analysed within …