A continuous dynamic beam model for swimming fish

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1371, 1998, Pages 981-997

  Cheng, J Y ^a   Pedley, T J ^a,b   Altringham, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Hydrodynamics; Muscle activation; Muscle mechanics; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032577989     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0262     Document Type: Article

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