Corrections to the theory and the optimal line in the swimming diagram of Taylor (1952)

Autor:	Jun Chen, Joseph A. C. Humphrey, W. Otto Friesen, Tetsuya Iwasaki
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Mathematical analysis Diagram Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Bioengineering Dissipation Biochemistry Gait Biomaterials Cross section (physics) Theoretical physics Line (geometry) Animals Animal body Mathematics Swimming Reports Biotechnology
Zdroj:	Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 7:1243-1246
ISSN:	1742-5662 1742-5689
Popis:	The analysis of undulatory swimming gaits requires knowledge of the fluid forces acting on the animal body during swimming. In his classical 1952 paper, Taylor analysed this problem using a ‘resistive-force’ theory. The theory was used to characterize the undulatory gaits that result in the smallest energy dissipation to the fluid for a given swim velocity. The optimal gaits thus found were compared with data recorded from movies of a snake and a leech swimming. This report identifies and corrects a mathematical error in Taylor’s paper, showing that his theory applies even better to animals of circular cross section.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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