OPTIMIZATION OF A FLEXIBLE FLAPPING-FOIL THRUSTER BASED ON A COUPLED BEM-FEM MODEL

Keyphrases

• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 66%
• Bio-inspired 33%
• Bio-inspired Features 33%
• Comparative Analysis 33%
• Constant Speed 33%
• Cylindrical Bending 33%
• Element Element 100%
• Finite Element Method 33%
• Finite Element Method Model 100%
• Fish Locomotion 33%
• Flapping-foil Thruster 100%
• Flexible Flapping Foil 100%
• Flexural Response 33%
• Flexural Rigidity 33%
• Fluid-structure Interaction 33%
• Fluid-structure Interaction Problems 33%
• Heave 33%
• Hydrodynamic Force 33%
• Hydroelasticity 33%
• Ideal Fluid Flow 33%
• Kinematic Parameters 33%
• Kirchhoff-Love Plate Theory 33%
• Nonlinear Fluid-structure Interaction 33%
• Optimization Study 33%
• Performance Assessment 33%
• Performance Enhancement 33%
• Pitching Oscillation 33%
• Process Optimization 33%
• Propeller Propulsion 33%
• Thruster 33%
• Thruster Design 33%
• Underwater Vehicle Propulsion 33%

Engineering

• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle 50%
• Comparative Analysis 25%
• Constant Speed 25%
• Finite Element Analysis 100%
• Flexural Rigidity 25%
• Fluid Flow 25%
• Fluid-Structure Interaction 50%
• Hydrodynamic Force 25%
• Ideal Fluid 25%
• Illustrates 25%
• Kirchhoff-Love Plate Theory 25%
• Propeller 25%
• Thruster 100%