Research Article

Investigation on Thrust Force Conversion Method of Oscillating Caudal Fin Based on Wake Vortex Field Structure

Table 1

Comparison on numerical conversion in this paper and experimental results in literature of caudal fin thrust force.

ModelFlexible caudal fin  MPaFlexible caudal fin  MPa

Experimental condition (1) m/s
 Hz
 m/s
 Hz
Theoretical results (mN)51.3944.85
Measurement results (mN)48.3843.31
Error5.86%3.44%