Mechanical characteristics of caudal fin resulting from caudal muscle-skeletal structure of bluefin tuna

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 280-283

  Morikawa, Hirohisa ^a   Yusa, Konami ^a   Kobayashi, Shunichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Caudal fin; FEM; Mechanical characteristics; Muscle skeletal structure; Tuna; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

CAUDAL FIN; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MUSCLE-SKELETAL STRUCTURE; TUNA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 23844498899     PISSN: 10986189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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