Fish locomotion: Recent advances and new directions

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 521-545

  Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrodynamics; kinematics; robotics; Swimming

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MOTION ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; WAKES;

AQUATIC PROPULSION; BIOLOGICAL FEATURES; CENTER OF MASS MOTION; CLASSICAL FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMIC PATTERN; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; SWIMMING; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING;

FISH;

FISH; FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING METHOD; LOCOMOTION; SHARK; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKE; WATER MASS;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TAIL; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FISHES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; TAIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84948614412     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015614     Document Type: Article

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