Natural drinking strategies

We examine the fluid mechanics of drinking in nature. We classify the drinking strategies of a broad range of creatures according to the principal forces involved, and present physical pictures for each style. Simple scaling arguments are developed and tested against existing data. While suction is...

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Main Authors: Kim, Wonjung (Contributor), Bush, John W. M. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press, 2013-09-11T20:42:36Z.
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