عنوان

Mechanics of swimming and flying /

(Number (ISBN

0521236134

(Number (ISBN

0521280710

(Number (ISBN

9780521236133

(Number (ISBN

9780521280716

Number

b784946

Title Proper

Mechanics of swimming and flying /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Stephen Childress.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1981.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 155 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm.

Series Title

Cambridge studies in mathematical biology ;

Volume Designation

2

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index.

Text of Note

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.

Animal, 2017, Bildband

Animal flight-- Mathematical models.

Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.

Fluid dynamics-- Mathematical models.

Navier-Stokes equations.

Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.

Flight, Animal.

Models, Theoretical.

Swimming.

Navier-Stokes equations.

Animaux-- Vol-- Modèles mathématiques.

Fluides, Dynamique des-- Modèles mathématiques.

Nage (Biologie)-- Modèles mathématiques.

Navier-Stokes, Équations de.

31.81 mathematical physiscs.

33.14 fluid dynamics, transport in gasses and fluids, rheology.

Aerodynamics.

Animal flight-- Mathematical models.

Animal flight-- Mathematical models.

Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.

Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.

Biomathematics.

Biomechanics.

Fliegen

Fluid dynamics-- Mathematical models.

Fluid dynamics-- Mathematical models.

Fluid mechanics.

Flying.

Mathematisches Modell

Navier-Stokes equations.

Navier-Stokes equations.

Schwimmen

Swimming.

Tiere

Tiere.

Number

513.79

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Edition

Class number

Book number

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Childress, Stephen.

Date of Transaction

20201206225816.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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