Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 22). / This project aims to gain a qualitative view of the three-dimensional vortical structures of a flexible flapping foil at Reynolds number 164. Flexible foils were fabricated, coated with fluorescent dye, and towed with heave and pitch in a large glass tank. The foil cross section is a NACA 0030 foil shape, and the foil has an aspect ratio of 3. Pictures where taken of the vortical structures from planform, wingtip, and isometric views over a range of Strouhal number and kinematic parameters. Results are compared to previous experimental and numerical studies. / by Matthew J. Krueger. / S.B.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/32950 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Krueger, Matthew J |
| Contributors | Alexander H. Techet., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 22 leaves, 696195 bytes, 694333 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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