A Numerical Study of Undulatory Swimming

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-247

  Liu, H ^a   Kawachi, K ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological fluid mechanics (jet stream propulsion, undulatory swimming); Navier Stokes equations (unsteady, incompressible); Vorticity flow (reverse von Karman vortex, wake)

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL FLUID MECHANIC (JET-STREAM PROPULSION, UNDULATORY SWIMMING); BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; JET STREAMS; NAVI-STOKE EQUATION (UNSTEADY, INCOMPRESSIBLE); NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION; UNDULATORY LOCOMOTION; UNDULATORY SWIMMING; VON KARMAN VORTICES; VORTEX WAKES; VORTICITY FLOW (REVERSE VON KARMAN VORTEX, WAKE);

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0001737009     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6341     Document Type: Article

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