Review of fish swimming modes for aquatic locomotion

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-252

  Sfakiotakis, Michael ^a   Lane, David M ^a   Davies, J Bruce C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; KINEMATICS; MANEUVERABILITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOBILE ROBOTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROPULSION; SUBMERSIBLES;

AQUATIC LOCOMOTION; FISH SWIMMING MODES; MARINE ANIMALS; UNDERWATER VEHICLE PROPULSION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033115087     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/48.757275     Document Type: Article

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