CFD Analysis of Archer Fish-Inspired Water Jets for Enhanced Industrial Cleaning Applications

Exploring Archer fish's unique water jet mechanism to address challenges in cleaning sensitive industrial equipment. By analyzing the fish's ability to generate powerful, precisely aimed jets, the research employs Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools—OpenFOAM, ANSYS FLUENT, and Comsol Multiphysics — to simulate these jets and validate the findings with experimental data. The study examines destabilization mechanisms and compares the performance of these CFD packages to identify the most reliable software for multiphase flows. The results have potential applications in improving industrial cleaning processes by leveraging insights from the Archer fish's hunting strategy.