Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying : Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic Robots, and Sports Science /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kato, Naomi. (Editor ), Kamimura, Shinji. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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505 0 |a Biological Aspects of Locomotive Mechanisms and Behaviors of Animals While Swimming and Flying -- Asymmetric Swimming Motion of Singly Flagellated Bacteria near a Rigid Surface -- Properties of a Semi-dilute Suspension of Swimming Micro-organisms -- Dynamics Modeling and Real-time Observation of Galvanotaxis in Paramecium caudatum -- Object Manipulation by a Formation-controlled Euglena Group -- Passive Mechanisms Controlling Posture and Trajectory in Swimming Fishes -- Mechanical Properties of the Caudal Fin Resulting from the Caudal Skeletal Structure of the Bluefin Tuna -- Design of Artificial Tail Flukes for a Bottlenose Dolphin -- Changes in Drag Acting on an Angled Wavy Siliconrubber Plate as a Model of the Skin Folds of a Swimming Dolphin -- Central nervous system underlying fish swimming [A review] -- Underwater Acoustical Sensing Behavior of Porpoises -- Micro-structural Approach to Developing the Resonance Model of the Indirect Flight Mechanism -- Hydrodynamics of Swimming and Flying -- Studies of Hydrodynamics in Fishlike Swimming Propulsion -- Optimisation of Fish Shape and Swim Mode in Fully Resolved 2-D Flow Field by Genetic Algorithm with the Least Square Prediction Method -- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Anguilliform Swimmers -- A Numerical Study of Hovering Aerodynamics in Flapping Insect Flight -- Stabilization of Flapping-of-Wings Flight of a Butterfly, Considering Wakes -- 3-D Unsteady Computations of Flapping Flight in Insects, Fish, and Unmanned Vehicles -- Biomimetic Swimming or Flying Robots -- Design and Simulations of a Virtual Fishlike Robot Actuated by a Muscle Model -- Development of Fish Robots Powered by Fuel Cells: Improvement of Swimming Ability by a Genetic Algorithm and Flow Analysis by Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Design and Control of Biomimetic Robot Fish FAC-I -- Thrust Force Characteristics of Propulsion Mechanism in Fluid Using Fin with Dynamic Variable-Effective-Length Spring -- Elastic Pectoral Fin Actuators for Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles -- Design, Development, and Testing of Flapping Fins with Actively Controlled Curvature for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle -- Controlling Biomimetic Underwater Robots With Electronic Nervous Systems -- Microenergy Converter Using Insect Wings -- Clapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle of Insect Size -- Sports Science -- Study on the Application of Lagrangian Numerical Simulation to Fluid Dynamics in Sports Science -- Rowing Velocity Prediction Program with Estimating Hydrodynamic Load Acting on an Oar Blade -- Analysis of Breast, Back and Butterfly Strokes by the Swimming Human Simulation Model SWUM -- Research in Fluid Dynamical Specification of Hand Palms in Freestyle Swimming -- Flexural Vibration of a Jump Ski in Flight. 
650 0 |a Bioinformatics. 
650 0 |a Biophysics. 
650 0 |a Biological physics. 
650 0 |a Artificial intelligence. 
650 0 |a Behavioral sciences. 
650 0 |a Biomedical engineering. 
650 1 4 |a Bioinformatics. 
650 2 4 |a Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. 
650 2 4 |a Artificial Intelligence. 
650 2 4 |a Behavioral Sciences. 
650 2 4 |a Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. 
700 1 |a Kato, Naomi.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Kamimura, Shinji.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks