Settling and Swimming of Flexible Fluid-Lubricated Foils
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: We study the dynamics of a flexible foil immersed in a fluid and moving close to a rigid wall. Lubrication theory allows us to derive equations of motion for the foil and thus examine the passive settling and the active swimming of a foil. This also allows us to partly answer the long-standing question in cartoon physics--can carpets fly? Our analysis suggests a region in parameter space where one may realize this dream and move the virtual towards reality.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: M. Argentina, J. Skotheim, L. Mahadevan
Institutions: Harvard University, Université Côte d'Azur, Rockefeller University
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2006044171