Simulations of optimized anguilliform swimming

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4841-4857

  Kern, Stefan ^a   Koumoutsakos, Petros ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anguilliform swimming; Fluid body interaction; Hydrodynamics; Optimization; Self propelled; Wake pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EEL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EELS; SWIMMING;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 33846519304     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02526     Document Type: Article

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