Undulatory swimming
Is the High Cost of Body/Caudal Fin Undulatory Swimming due to increased Friction Drag or Inertial Recoil?
... On the basis of the boundary layer thinning hypothesis attributing high power requirements of undulatory swimming to enhanced friction drag, power =drag coefficients should be higher for[r] ...
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UNDULATORY SWIMMING: HOW TRAVELING WAVES ARE PRODUCED AND MODULATED IN SUNFISH (LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS)
... At first it is surprising that a simple, alternating contraction of the lateral muscle, which is not characteristic of the EMG patterns in live fish (Williams et al. 1989; Van Leeuwen et al. 1990), produces ...
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Speed effects on midline kinematics during steady undulatory swimming of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides
... decreased swimming speed such that values at the slowest speeds deviated most from the expected value of the z– b ...with swimming speed. Measurements of lateral displacement of undulatory swimmers ...
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Mechanisms underlying rhythmic locomotion: body–fluid interaction in undulatory swimming
... leech swimming, based on the simple fluid force model and experimental kinematic data, are consistent with the previous results on anguilliform ...the swimming direction, leading to a pair of ...eel ...
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The hydrodynamics of locomotion at intermediate Reynolds numbers: undulatory swimming in ascidian larvae (Botrylloides sp )
... a swimming larva is resisted by a component of the weight of the tether and the stiffness (illustrated by the spring) and damping of the pivot (illustrated by the ...
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Flow patterns of larval fish: undulatory swimming in the intermediate flow regime
... spontaneous swimming bout: (1) starting (acceleration phase), (2) swimming steadily (constant mean speed) and (3) gradually ceasing active propulsion (deceleration ...small undulatory swimmers ...
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Unsteady flow phenomena in human undulatory swimming: a numerical approach
... 1 A numerical study of the unsteady flow phenomena in human swimming 2 Steffen Pacholak1, Stefan Hochstein2, Alexander Rudert1, Christoph Brücker1 3 1 Institute of Mechanics and Fluid Dy[r] ...
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Swimming kinematics of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris): hydrodynamic analysis of an undulatory mammalian swimmer
... exclusive undulatory propulsion were due to maintenance of horizontal trim (Domning and de Buffrénil, 1991) and reduced drag (Fish, ...and swimming modes (Webb and de Buffrénil, 1990; Fish, ...steady ...
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HOW THE BODY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WAKE IN UNDULATORY FISH SWIMMING
... thrust. Undulatory swimming comprises a continuum of swimming styles from curvilinearly increasing body waves running down fusiform bodies and generating thrust mainly at the tail to rectilinearly ...
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Hydrodynamic sensing does not facilitate active drag reduction in the golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
... There are a variety of ways in which the central nervous system (CNS) could integrate lateral line signals to mediate the motor control of swimming. For example, flow detected by the cranial superficial neuromasts ...
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The effects of viscosity on the axial motor pattern and kinematics of the African lungfish (Protopterus annectens) during lateral undulatory swimming
... steady undulatory swimming in water are well documented and share many features in phylogenetically diverse ectothermic ...of swimming axial motor patterns in lamprey (Williams et ...in ...
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Respiratory muscle specific warm up and elite swimming performance
... To our knowledge this is the first randomised controlled study of IME as an adjunct to swimming warm-up and performance. The sample size was consistent with another study (2) evaluating IME as an aid to swim ...
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Regional variation in undulatory kinematics of two hammerhead species: the bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) and the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
... patterns have been observed in fishes with cartilaginous vertebral columns or notochords, and are perhaps due to the mechanical properties of cartilaginous fishes (Porter et al., 2014, 2016; Long et al., 2002, 2004). It ...
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A Green function approach for the investigation of the incompressible flow past an oscillatory thin hydrofoil including floor effects
... 4. Carabineanu, A: Self-propulsion of aquatic animals by undulatory or oscillatory motion. In: Stelian, I, Marinoschi, G (eds.) Proc. 3rd Workshop on Math. Modeling of Environmental and Life Sciences, Constanta, ...
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Environmental effects on undulatory locomotion in the American eel Anguilla rostrata: kinematics in water and on land
... of swimming in eels have been integral to our current understanding of the mechanics and muscle activity patterns used by fish during swimming (Gray, 1933; Grillner and Kashin, 1976), a quantitative ...
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Neuromuscular control of trout swimming in a vortex street: implications for energy economy during the Kármán gait
... rhythmic, undulatory movements of spinal dogfish and lampreys can readily be made to entrain on a physical or hydrodynamic stimulus (Grillner, 1974; Grillner and Wallén, ...
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Kinematics, hydrodynamics and energetic advantages of burst and coast swimming of koi carps (Cyprinus carpio koi)
... video tracking and recording setup. A white paper sheet (WP) covering the tank that is illuminated by a halogen lamp (HL) is used to provide an even background for the high-contrast images of the carp’s silhouette. The ...
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Resonant alignment of microswimmer trajectories in oscillatory shear flows
... First we ask if the combination of ‘non-helical’ swim- ming and oscillatory shear alone is sufficient to induce the observed behaviour. Figure 4 displays the ordering ra- tio (experiment a,b; simulation c,d) and ...
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Cercadian Change of Photosensiuvity in Paramecium Bursaria
... Swimming velocity Under the illumination cycle, the cells showed active swimming during the first half of the light period, but during the second half the cells almost stopped swimming a[r] ...
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Best standard model based swimming to lose weight influence study
... gets swimming has most remarkable influential effects on weight among jogging, sports dance, ball kinds of sports, swimming and other ...for swimming, it applies discriminant analysis to make further ...
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