Propulsion performance of a skeleton-strengthened fin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2087-2100

  Zhu, Qiang ^a   Shoele, Kourosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish locomotion; Flexible fin; Fluid structure interaction; Skeleton reinforced membrane

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FISH; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FISHES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING;

PISCES;

EID: 47949101630     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.016279     Document Type: Article

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