Motion of a Smooth Foil in a Fluid under the Action of External Periodic Forces. I

Abstract

This paper considers the plane-parallel motion of an elliptic foil in a fluid with a nonzero constant circulation under the action of external periodic forces and torque. The existence of the first integral is shown for the case in which there is no external torque and an external force acts along one of the principal axes of the foil. It is shown that, in the general case, in the absence of friction, an extensive stochastic layer is observed for the period advance map. When dissipation is added to the system, strange attractors can arise from the stochastic layer.