Passive mechanisms controlling posture and trajectory in swimming fishes

Bio-Mechanisms of Swimming and Flying: Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic Robots, and Sports Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 53-65

  Gordon, Malcolm S ^a   Lauritzen, Dean V ^a   Wiktorowicz, Alexis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bony fishes; Fish swimming; Passive mechanisms; Posture control; Sharks; Trajectory control

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; MAMMALS; TRAJECTORIES;

BONY FISH; FISH SWIMMING; PASSIVE MECHANISM; POSTURE CONTROL; SHARKS; TRAJECTORY CONTROL;

FISH;

EID: 84906719272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-73380-5_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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