Recent progress in modeling and control of bio-inspired fish robots

B Sun, W Li, Z Wang, Y Zhu, Q He, X Guan… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Compared with traditional underwater vehicles, bio-inspired fish robots have the advantages
of high efficiency, high maneuverability, low noise, and minor fluid disturbance. Therefore …

Fish-inspired oscillating and/or undulating hydrofoil in a free stream flow: a review on thrust generation mechanisms

S Shukla, A Sharma, A Agrawal, R Bhardwaj - Journal of the Indian …, 2024 - Springer
A review of recent literature on thrust generation mechanisms by a hydrofoil, bioinspired
from fish locomotion is presented. The present work considers fish-inspired periodic …

Hydrodynamic performance of slender swimmer: effect of travelling wavelength

LM Chao, MM Alam, L Cheng - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
The impact of Strouhal number St (= 0.1–1.0), Reynolds number Re (= 50–2000) and
dimensionless wavelength λ (= 0.5–2.0) on the hydrodynamic performance of a travelling …

Flow pattern investigation of bionic fish by immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method and dynamic mode decomposition

D Fang, Z Huang, J Zhang, Z Hu, J Tan - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The investigation of fish swimming is prevalent in the fields of biomimetic hydrodynamics
and is important for research on the temporal–spatial evolvement of vortex structures around …

Flow transitions and mapping for undulating swimmers

MSU Khalid, J Wang, H Dong, M Liu - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
Natural swimmers usually perform undulations to propel themselves and perform a range of
maneuvers. These include various biological species ranging from microsized organisms to …

Investigating chaotic wake dynamics past a flapping airfoil and the role of vortex interactions behind the chaotic transition

C Bose, S Sarkar - Physics of fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The present study investigates the complex vortex interactions in two-dimensional flow-field
behind a symmetric NACA0012 airfoil undergoing a prescribed periodic pitching-plunging …

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 …

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 …

Propulsion of a combined heaving and trailing-edge morphing foil for bio-inspired applications

I Neogi, V Niral Shah, P Dev Singh, V Joshi - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Locomotion of aquatic animals involves flapping of their body to generate lift and thrust.
Through evolution, they have mastered their ability to move through complex environments …

Energy harvesting in a flow-induced vibrating flapper with biomimetic gaits

R Chatterjee, CL Shah, S Gupta, S Sarkar - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting from flow induced vibrations (FIV) in flexible bodies offer opportunities for
power generation in biomimicking robotic devices and is an active area of research. The …