Research on swimming by undulatory long dorsal fin propulsion

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering in China

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-81

  Wang, Guangming ^a   Shen, Lincheng ^a   Wu, Yonghui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal fin; Hydromechanical efficiency; Kinematics model; Undulatory propulsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847680457     PISSN: 16733479     EISSN: 16733592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-007-0013-y     Document Type: Article

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