Mechanisms underlying rhythmic locomotion: Body-fluid interaction in undulatory swimming

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 561-574

  Chen, J ^a   Friesen, W O ^b   Iwasaki, T ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anguilliform; Energy transmission; Modeling; Muscle actuation; Power supply; Resistive fluid force; Swimming locomotion; Thrust generation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEECH; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEECHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 79951499169     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048751     Document Type: Article

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