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ArticleBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

A Numerical Study of Flow Past a Wall-Mounted Dolphin Dorsal Fin at Low Reynolds Numbers.

Zhonglu Lin, Ankang Gao, Yu Zhang

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Article in Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zhonglu LinKey Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1989-7180
Ankang GaoDepartment of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9805-1388
Yu ZhangKey Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

Funding

China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents BX2021168China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M691865Fujian Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security 2023-2024 Visiting Scholar and Research Fellowship Program for High-Level Talents and Outstanding Young TalentsNational Natural Science Foundation of China 12074323National Natural Science Foundation of China 12302320National Natural Science Foundation of China 42106181Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China 2022J02003Science and Technology Major Project of Fujian Province in China 2021NZ033016State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science at Xiamen University the Outstanding Postdoctoral ScholarshipThe Special Fund for Marine and Fishery Development of Xiamen 20CZB015HJ01The Water Conservancy Science and Technology Innovation Project of Guangdong 2020-16
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Abstract

Dolphin swimming has been a captivating subject, yet the dorsal fin's hydrodynamics remain underexplored. In this study, we conducted three-dimensional simulations of flow around a wall-mounted dolphin dorsal fin derived from a real dolphin scan. The NEK5000 (spectral element method) was employed with a second-order hex20 mesh to ensure high simulation accuracy and efficiency. A total of 13 cases were simulated, covering angles of attack (AoAs) ranging from 0° to 60° and Reynolds numbers (Re) between 691 and 2000. Our results show that both drag and lift increase significantly with the AoA. Almost no vortex was observed at AoA=0°, whereas complex vortex structures emerged for AoA≥30°, including half-horseshoe, hairpin, arch, and wake vortices. This study offers insights that can inform the design of next-generation underwater robots, heat exchangers, and submarine sails.

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bio-locomotioncomputational fluid dynamicsdolphinhydrodynamicsnumerical simulationswimming

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PMID39590255
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