Self-propulsion of flapping bodies in viscous fluids: Recent advances and perspectives

• Published in: Acta mechanica Sinica Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 980 - 990
• Main Authors: Wang, Shizhao, He, Guowei, Zhang, Xing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V; The State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
• Edition: English ed.
• Subjects: Biomimetics; breaking; Classical and Continuum Physics; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational Intelligence; Design engineering; Engineering; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Flapping; flexibility; Flow-mediated; Fluids; interaction; Mathematical models; Mechanical systems; motion; Passive; Review Paper; Self-propulsion; Symmetry; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Viscous fluids; Flapping motion; Flow-mediated interaction; Self-propulsion; Passive flexibility; Symmetry breaking

Flapping-powered propulsion is used by many animals to locomote through air or water. Here we review recent experimental and numerical studies on self-propelled mechanical systems powered by a flapping motion. Thesestudies improve our understanding of the mutual interaction between actively flapping...