Mechanics of Swimming and Flying Paperback - 1981
by Stephen Childress
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This book provides a clear and concise summary of the fluid dynamics of the locomotion of living organisms. The biological phenomena described in detail range from the swimming of bacteria and fish to the flying of insects and birds. The breadth of treatment requires the study of two basic fluid-dynamical regimes. In the first case, that of small organisms, the viscosity of the fluid is paramount in deciding the most effective swimming strategy. However, for larger insects, birds, and most fish, the viscosity of the air or water may be treated as if it were zero, and resulting mechanisms of propulsion are very different. Both these types are studied, with emphasis on the unsteady characters of natural movements.
Written for the advanced student, this volume assumes familiarity with basic fluid mechanics, although some elementary topics are included. It will be readily accessible to students of applied mathematics and biologists who have engineering or physics backgrounds.
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- Title Mechanics of Swimming and Flying
- Author Stephen Childress
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 1981-07-31
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521280716 / 0521280710
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.52 x 5.52 x 0.58 in (21.64 x 14.02 x 1.47 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Fluid dynamics - Mathematical models, Navier-Stokes equations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 80023364
- Dewey Decimal Code 591.185
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