Biorheology · 1973 · 364 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsFish BiologyFluid DynamicsFish LocomotionUnsteady AerodynamicsFish BiomechanicsFish Swimming KinematicsHigh-reynolds-number FlowHydrodynamics Of Fish SwimmingReynolds NumberSlender-body TheorySwimming MechanicsUnsteady Swimming
The mechanism of rapid acceleration from rest (lunging) in fishes is studied by means of a slender-body theory adapted to deal with unsteady, curvilinear large amplitude movements in water at high Reynolds numbers. The vortex wake is represented here