Optimal Vortex Formation as a Unifying Principle in Biological Propulsion

DOI10.1146/ANNUREV.FLUID.010908.165232zbMATH Open1157.76062OpenAlexW2142195625MaRDI QIDQ3608370FDOQ3608370

Authors: John O. Dabiri 

Publication date: 4 March 2009

Published in: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/14170/

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zbMATH Keywords

Strouhal frequency constraint

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to biology (92-02) Biomechanics (92C10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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