Date of Award
Fall 12-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Engineering
Department
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Major Professor
Dr. Brandon Taravella
Second Advisor
Dr. Lothar Birk
Third Advisor
Dr. Nikolas Xiros
Abstract
There is an ongoing interest in analyzing the flow characteristics of swimming fish. Biology has resulted in some very efficient motions and formulating these motions is of interest to engineers. One such theory was written by Dr. William Vorus and Dr. Brandon Taravella involving ideal efficiency. It is therefore interesting to test the calculations to see if it is possible to design a motion that can create thrust without necessarily creating vorticity. The computational fluid dynamics software of ANSYS Fluent was used to calculate the resulting flow field of the eel motion to compare with the theoretical values.
Recommended Citation
Rogers, Charles, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of an Ideal Anguilliform Swimming Motion" (2014). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1940.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1940
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