The myth and reality of Gray's paradox: Implication of dolphin drag reduction for technology

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Fish, Frank E ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL FLOWS; DRAG REDUCTION MECHANISM; MYTH AND REALITY;

DRAG REDUCTION;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; DOLPHIN; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; DOLPHINS; ELASTICITY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 33745646129     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/2/R01     Document Type: Review

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