Concept of elastic-inelastic interactions of jet flows and collision of jets of an ideal incompressible liquid

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Kinelovskii

The present note extends the theory of fish propulsion by E. H. Smith & D. E. Stone, taking into account the wake effect which was not discussed in the original paper. The motion of a fish is simulated by a flexible plate of infinitesimal thickness, infinite span, and constant chord length, moving in the two-dimensional flow field of an ideal incompressible liquid. The perturbation velocity potential for the flexible plate is obtained by solving the Laplace equation in an elliptic cylindrical co-ordinate system, while the wake velocity potential follows from the application of a method which is due to Theodorsen. The results are shown to be identical with those derived previously by Siekmann. A simple example is given for illustration and results predicted by theory are compared with experimental data.


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