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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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.