Aquatic manoeuvering with counter-propagating waves: A novel locomotive strategy

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 60, 2011, Pages 1041-1050

  Curet, Oscar M ^a,d   Patankar, Neelesh A ^a   Lauder, George V ^c   MacIver, Malcolm A ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fin propulsion; Fish swimming; Fluid dynamics; Particle image velocimetry; Wake structure

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COUNTERPROPAGATING WAVES; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FIN PROPULSION; FISH ROBOTS; FISH SWIMMING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; REACTION FORCES; STANDING WAVE; TRAVELLING WAVES; TWO-STREAM; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; UNDULATING FIN; WAKE STRUCTURE;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FISH; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDS; FORCED CONVECTION; ROBOTS; SUBMERSIBLES; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER CRAFT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COUNTER PROPAGATING WAVE; FISH; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; WAVEFORM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FISHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 79958047313     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0493     Document Type: Article

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