A computational fluid dynamics study of tadpole swimming

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1245-1260

  Liu, Hao ^a   Wassersug, Richard J ^b   Kawachi, Keiji ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD (computational fluid dynamics); fish; jet stream propulsion; kinematics; locomo tion; metamorphosis; swimming; tadpoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029808285     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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