Effect of the asymmetric geometry on the wake structures of a pitching foil<xref rid="cpb_27_11_114701fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_11_114701fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11502210, 51709229, 51879220, 51479170, and 61803306), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0301300), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2018JQ5092).</p></fn>

Effect of the asymmetric geometry on the wake structures of a pitching foil**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11502210, 51709229, 51879220, 51479170, and 61803306), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0301300), Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Grant No. 2018JQ5092).

Chao LiMing^{1, 2}, Pan Guang^{1, 2, †}, Zhang Dong^{1, 2}

(color online) (a) Validation of present numerical approach: (a1) the present numerical result, (a2) reproduced from Godoy-Diana et al.,^[8] copyright 2008, with permission from APS. The symbols used in (a) include □ : BvK wake; +: rBvK wake; ■ : aligned vortices; △: asymmetric wake. (b) The grid independence tests.