The role of vortices in animal locomotion in fluids
The aim of this paper is to show the significance of vortices in animal locomotion in fluids on two deliberately chosen examples. The first example concerns lift generation by bird and insect wings, the second example briefly mentiones swimming and walking on water. In all the examples, the vortices...
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doaj-0d231bfcb27f4bb499bbe39fb339bf7c2021-09-02T09:31:59ZengUniversity of West BohemiaApplied and Computational Mechanics1802-680X2336-11822014-12-0182147156The role of vortices in animal locomotion in fluidsDvořák R.0Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech RepublicThe aim of this paper is to show the significance of vortices in animal locomotion in fluids on two deliberately chosen examples. The first example concerns lift generation by bird and insect wings, the second example briefly mentiones swimming and walking on water. In all the examples, the vortices generated by the moving animal impart the necessary momentum to the surrounding fluid, the reaction to which is the force moving or lifting the animal.http://www.kme.zcu.cz/acm/acm/article/view/250/299animal locomotionbird flightflapping wingsinsect flightswimmingwalking on watervortices in animal propulsion |
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Applied and Computational Mechanics |
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The aim of this paper is to show the significance of vortices in animal locomotion in fluids on two deliberately chosen examples. The first example concerns lift generation by bird and insect wings, the second example briefly mentiones swimming and walking on water. In all the examples, the vortices generated by the moving animal impart the necessary momentum to the surrounding fluid, the reaction to which is the force moving or lifting the animal. |
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