Fluid dynamics of the larval zebrafish pectoral fin and the role of fin bending in fluid transport

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Green, Matthew H ^a   Curet, Oscar M ^b,c   Patankar, Neelesh A ^b   Hale, Melina E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; FIN MOTION; FLUID MIXING; FLUID TRANSPORT; LATERAL MIXING; PECTORAL FIN; ZEBRAFISH;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW PATTERNS; FORCED CONVECTION; MIXING;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIN (ORGAN); FLOW KINETICS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84874341605     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/8/1/016002     Document Type: Article

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