Animal Locomotion

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taylor, Graham K. (Editor), Triantafyllou, Michael S. (Editor), Tropea, Cameron (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Fluids.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Fluid mechanics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

The physical principles of swimming and flying in animals are intriguingly different from those of ships and airplanes. The study of animal locomotion therefore holds a special place not only at the frontiers of pure fluid dynamics research, but also in the applied field of biomimetics, which aims t...