Note on optimum propulsion of heaving and pitching airfoils from linear potential theory
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2017.500
Abstract: The conditions that maximize the propulsive efficiency of a heaving and pitching airfoil are analysed using a novel formulation for the thrust force within the linear potential theory. Stemming from the vortical impulse theory, which… read more here.
Keywords: linear potential; propulsive efficiency; theory; heaving pitching ... See more keywords