Passive mechanical models of fish caudal fins: Effects of shape and stiffness on self-propulsion

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Feilich, Kara L ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

far infrared spectroscopy; multi color pulses; photoionization; THz generation; ultrafast nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FISH; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOIONIZATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTI-COLORS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SWIMMING PERFORMANCE; THZ GENERATION; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS; UNDULATORY SWIMMING;

STIFFNESS;

PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FISHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84935834997     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/10/3/036002     Document Type: Article

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