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propulsive efficiency

Description: Propulsive efficiency is the ratio of useful power transferred to a vehicle’s motion to the power supplied by its propulsion system.
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Review of fish swimming modes for aquatic locomotion
1999 · M. Sfakiotakis, D.M. Lane, et al. · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering · 1,937
Oscillating foils of high propulsive efficiency
1998 · J. M. ANDERSON, K. STREITLIEN, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1,293
Note on the swimming of slender fish
1960 · M. J. Lighthill · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1,192
Detonative propulsion
2012 · Piotr Wolański · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute · 1,116
Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency
2003 · Graham K. Taylor, Robert L. Nudds, et al. · Nature · 990
Flapping Wing Aerodynamics: Progress and Challenges
2008 · Max F. Platzer, Kevin D. Jones, et al. · AIAA Journal · 542
Numerical investigation of the hydrodynamics of carangiform swimming in the transitional and inertial flow regimes
2008 · Iman Borazjani, Fotis Sotiropoulos · Journal of Experimental Biology · 511
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Swimming of a waving plate
1961 · T. Yao-Tsu Wu · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 503
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Forces on oscillating foils for propulsion and maneuvering
2003 · D.A. Read, F.S. Hover, et al. · Journal of Fluids and Structures · 497
Efficient collective swimming by harnessing vortices through deep reinforcement learning
2018 · Verma, Siddhartha, Novati, Guido, et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 461
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Effect of spanwise flexibility on flapping wing propulsion
2007 · S. Heathcote, Z. Wang, et al. · Journal of Fluids and Structures · 451
Wake topology and hydrodynamic performance of low-aspect-ratio flapping foils
2006 · H. DONG, R. MITTAL, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 429
Simulations of optimized anguilliform swimming
2006 · Stefan Kern, Petros Koumoutsakos · Journal of Experimental Biology · 421
Emergence of metachronal waves in cilia arrays
2013 · Jens Elgeti, Gerhard Gompper · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 378
Transitions from Drag-based to Lift-based Propulsion in Mammalian Swimming
1996 · FRANK E. FISH · American Zoologist · 312
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Optimal Strouhal number for swimming animals
2012 · Christophe Eloy · Journal of Fluids and Structures · 309
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Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines
1977 · Jack L. Kerrebrock · 309
Recent progress and perspectives of space electric propulsion systems based on smart nanomaterials
2018 · I. Levchenko, S. Xu, et al. · Nature Communications · 304
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An aerodynamic model for flapping-wing flight
1993 · J. D. DeLaurier · The Aeronautical Journal · 304
Biomechanics of Competitive Front Crawl Swimming
1992 · Huub M. Toussaint, Peter J. Beek · Sports Medicine · 295
Effects of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings
2011 · C.-K. Kang, H. Aono, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 293
Three-dimensional flow structures and vorticity control in fish-like swimming
2002 · Q. ZHU, M. J. WOLFGANG, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 285
Swimming efficiency of bacterium Escherichia coli
2006 · Suddhashil Chattopadhyay, Radu Moldovan, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 282
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Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion Engine Cycle Analysis for Hybrid-Wing-Body Aircraft
2009 · James Felder, Hyun Kim, et al. · AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting · 266
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Scaling laws for the thrust production of flexible pitching panels
2013 · Peter A. Dewey, Birgitt M. Boschitsch, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 265
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