A potential-flow, deformable-body model for fluid-structure interactions with compact vorticity: Application to animal swimming measurements

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 655-664

  Peng, Jifeng ^a   Dabiri, John O ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW STRUCTURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DEFORMABLE-BODY MODEL; LAGRANGIAN COHERENT STRUCTURES;

VORTICITY;

ANIMALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW STRUCTURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTICITY;

EID: 35948955985     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0315-1     Document Type: Article

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