Settling and Swimming of Flexible Fluid-Lubricated Foils

dc.contributor.author	Argentina, M.
dc.contributor.author	Skotheim, J.
dc.contributor.author	Mahadevan, L.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-27T13:16:24Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.citation	Argentina, M., J. Skotheim, and L. Mahadevan. 2007. “Settling and Swimming of Flexible Fluid-Lubricated Foils.” Physical Review Letters 99 (22). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.99.224503.
dc.identifier.issn	0031-9007
dc.identifier.issn	1079-7114
dc.identifier.issn	1092-0145
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41417312	*
dc.description.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.
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	American Physical Society
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Settling and Swimming of Flexible Fluid-Lubricated Foils
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.description.version	Version of Record
dc.relation.journal	Physical Review Letters
dash.depositing.author	Mahadevan, Lakshminarayanan::7976f027017e48e2078c149b3825fc71::600
dc.date.available	2019-09-27T13:16:24Z
dash.workflow.comments	1Science Serial ID 78398
dc.identifier.doi	10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.224503
dash.source.volume	99;22