Rapid pivot feeding in pipefish: Flow effects on prey and evaluation of simple dynamic modelling via computational fluid dynamics

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 1291-1301

  Van Wassenbergh, Sam ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Feeding; Hydrodynamics; Syngnathidae; Unsteady rotation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; DYNAMICS; FEEDING; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; ROTATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ADDED MASSES; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); DECELERATION PHASE; DRAG FORCES; DYNAMIC MODELLING; FLOW EFFECTS; HEAD ROTATION; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INITIAL PHASE; SYNGNATHIDAE; UNSTEADY ROTATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; ROTATION; SYNGNATHUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; SYNGNATHIDAE;

EID: 52749094885     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0101     Document Type: Article

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