Hydrodynamic stability of flow over kramer-type compliant surface

• Main Author: Wee, Jun Jie.
• Other Authors: Seah Leong Keey
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40628
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Kramer introduced the idea that the dolphin’s skin is responsible for its fast speed and its capability of sustaining it. Many others have tried to verify his theory, but there were no convincing conclusions. Dickinson came up with the theory of matching the turbulence impedance with the coating imp...