The mechanics of fast-start performance of pike studied using a mechanical fish

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 843-849

  Feng, Chengcheng ^a   Bonafilia, Brian R ^a   Modarres Sadeghi, Yahya ^a   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; FISH; MECHANISMS; RIGIDITY;

ACCELERATION SIGNALS; FUNCTION OF TIME; HIGH ACCELERATION; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM ACCELERATION; PEAK ACCELERATION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SWIMMING PATTERNS;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84869196865     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2011-65035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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