Undulatory locomotion of flexible foils as biomimetic models for understanding fish propulsion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2110-2120

  Shelton, Ryan M ^a,b   Thornycroft, Patrick J M ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fish; Locomotion; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETICS; FISHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84922187920     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.098046     Document Type: Article

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