Interactions between internal forces, body stiffness, and fluid environment in a neuromechanical model of lamprey swimming

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 19832-19837

  Tytell, Eric D ^a,b,c   Hsu, Chia Yu ^b   Williams, Thelma L ^c   Cohen, Avis H ^a   Fauci, Lisa J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Elasticity; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; LAMPREY; LIQUID; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 78650582674     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011564107     Document Type: Article

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