New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics III

2002 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Mechanics ◽  
Experimental Fluid Mechanics ◽  
Experimental Fluid

Forces, Fishes, and Fluids: Hydrodynamic Mechanisms of Aquatic Locomotion

Physiology ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
George V. Lauder ◽  
Eliot G. Drucker
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Mechanics ◽  
Force Measurement ◽  
Force Generation ◽  
Locomotor Performance ◽  
Physiological Mechanisms ◽  
Fluid Force ◽  
Experimental Fluid Mechanics ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Aquatic Locomotion ◽  
Experimental Fluid

Understanding how fishes generate external fluid force to swim steadily and maneuver has proven to be difficult because water does not provide a stable platform for force measurement. But new methods in experimental fluid mechanics provide insights into the physiological mechanisms of aquatic force generation and limits to locomotor performance.

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