Undulating fins produce off-axis thrust and flow structures

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-213

  Neveln, Izaak D ^a   Bale, Rahul ^a   Bhalla, Amneet Pal Singh ^a   Curet, Oscar M ^a,c   Patankar, Neelesh A ^a   MacIver, Malcolm A ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Florida Atlantic University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio mimetic; Bio robotics; Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV); Fish locomotion; Knifefish; Undulating fin propulsion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893382951     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.091520     Document Type: Article

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