Body dynamics and hydrodynamics of swimming fish larvae: A computational study

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 4015-4033

  Li, Gen ^a,b   Müller, Ulrike K ^c   Van Leeuwen, Johan L ^d   Liu, Hao ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body wave amplitude; C start; CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational swimming dynamics; CSD; Cyclic swimming; Flow pattern; Free swimming; Intermediate flow regime; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWIMMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; WATER FLOW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84868242194     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071837     Document Type: Article

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