Vortex shedding model of a flapping flag

A two-dimensional model for the flapping of an elastic flag under axial flow is described. The vortical wake is accounted for by the shedding of discrete point vortices with unsteady intensity, enforcing the regularity condition at the flag's trailing edge. The stability of the flat state of rest as well as the characteristics of the flapping modes in the periodic regime are compared successfully to existing linear stability and experimental results. An analysis of the flapping regime shows the co-existence of direct kinematic waves, travelling along the flag in the same direction as the imposed flow, and reverse dynamic waves, travelling along the flag upstream from the trailing edge.

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