Locomotion with flexible propulsors: II. Computational modeling of pectoral fin swimming in sunfish

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Mittal, Rajat ^a   Dong, Haibo ^a   Bozkurttas, Meliha ^a   Lauder, George V ^b   Madden, Peter ^b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; PECTORAL FIN; PROPULSORS; WAKE VORTEX;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCIFORMES; SWIMMING;

EID: 33847648879     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/4/S05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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