Optimal vortex formation as a unifying principle in biological propulsion

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2009, Pages 17-33

  Dabiri, John O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Cardiovascular flows; Flying; Hydrodynamics; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; BIOINSPIRED SYSTEMS; CARDIOVASCULAR FLOWS; FLYING; HUMAN HEART; STROUHAL FREQUENCIES; SWIMMING; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; VORTEX FORMATION;

AERODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROPULSION; SUBMERSIBLES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CRAFT;

OPTIMIZATION;

AERODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DESIGN; FLIGHT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; SWIMMING; VORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349274103     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.010908.165232     Document Type: Review

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