Mechanics of swimming and flying /
Childress, Stephen,
Mechanics of swimming and flying / Mechanics of Swimming & Flying Stephen Childress. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981. - 1 online resource (x, 155 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in mathematical biology ; 2 . - Cambridge studies in mathematical biology ; 2. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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 character 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.
9780511569593 (ebook)
Animal flight--Mathematical models.
Animal swimming--Mathematical models.
Fluid dynamics--Mathematical models.
Navier-Stokes equations.
QP310.F5 / C48 1981
591.1/852
Mechanics of swimming and flying / Mechanics of Swimming & Flying Stephen Childress. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1981. - 1 online resource (x, 155 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in mathematical biology ; 2 . - Cambridge studies in mathematical biology ; 2. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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 character 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.
9780511569593 (ebook)
Animal flight--Mathematical models.
Animal swimming--Mathematical models.
Fluid dynamics--Mathematical models.
Navier-Stokes equations.
QP310.F5 / C48 1981
591.1/852