The hydrodynamics of eel swimming II. Effect of swimming speed
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The hydrodynamics of eel swimming II. Effect of swimming speed.
Simultaneous swimming kinematics and hydrodynamics are presented for American eels, Anguilla rostrata, swimming at speeds from 0.5 to 2 L s(-1). Body outlines and particle image velocimetry (PIV) data were collected using two synchronized high-speed cameras, and an empirical relationship between swimming motions and fluid flow is described. Lateral impulse in the wake is estimated assuming that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01139