Use of computational fluid dynamics to study forces exerted on prey by aquatic suction feeders

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 475-484

  Skorczewski, Tyler ^a   Cheer, Angela ^a   Cheung, Samson ^a   Wainwright, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic prey capture; Computational fluid dynamics; Fish; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FEEDING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MEATS; ONE DIMENSIONAL;

AQUATIC PREY CAPTURE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLUID FLOW; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; ONEDIMENSIONAL FLOW; OVERSET GRID; PREY CAPTURE; SUCTION FORCE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; FEEDING; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FISH; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; SUCTION FEEDING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76049119456     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0218     Document Type: Article

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