CFD Studies of the Effects of Waveform on Swimming Performance of Carangiform Fish

Carangiform fish, like mackerel, saithe and bass, swim forward by rhythmically passing body waves from the head to the tail. In this paper, the undulating motions are decomposed into the travelling part and the standing part by complex orthogonal decomposition (COD), and the ratio between these two...

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Main Authors: Zuo Cui, Xingshi Gu, Kangkang Li, Hongzhou Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/2/149