READ ME File For 'Compiled data of flapping foil wake development in 3D single and tandem configurations'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2467

Date that the file was created: January, 2023

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Nikolaos S. Lagopoulos

Date of data collection: November, 2022

Information about geographic location of data collection: Southampton, UK

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: Open Access (OA) 

This dataset supports the publication: 
AUTHORS: N. S. Lagopoulos, G. D. Weymouth and B.Ganapathisubramani
TITLE: Effect of aspect ratio on the propulsive performance of tandem flapping foils
JOURNAL: FLOW
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: 10.1017/flo.2022.35

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

Data used to form the figures shown in Chapter 3 and the Appendix of the aforementioned paper. 
In addition, it contains wake videos of selected cases in GIF format. 

Specifically the folder includes:

-A model of an AR=2 flipper, used in our simulations in IGS format named WingAR2.igs
-Animation of the normalised vorticity field for single flipper wakes at AR=2 and AR=8 
in GIF format named SingleAR2.gif and SingleAR8.gif respectively.
-Animation of the normalised vorticity field for tandem flipper wakes at AR=2 and AR=8 
in GIF format named TandemAR2.gif and TandemAR8.gif respectively.
-Data for the figures 5,8,9,10,13,15 in respective sheets of the excel file named Force_Data.csv.  
-Data for the figures 7,12,16 in respective sheets within the excel file named Circulation_Data.csv.
-The post processing Python routine used to create the data found in Circulation_Data.csv, 
and an example input file for AR=2, named circulationAR2S.py and vortF.1 respectively.
 
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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation/processing of data: 

The data is derived from numerical simulations conducted by the BDIM solver 
LOTUS (adapted for 3D experiments by Dr. Andhini N. Zurman-Nasution) via the 
Iridis Compute Cluster of the University of Southampton. The post processing 
routine, included in the folder, is an adaptation of the original Python 
script, made by Dr. Martin Lauber. 

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Nikolaos S. Lagopoulos, G. D. Weymouth and B.Ganapathisubramani