Two-Dimensional Self-Propelled Fish Motion in Medium: An Integrated Method for Deforming Body Dynamics and Unsteady Fluid Dynamics
YANG Yan1,2, WU Guan-Hao3, YU Yong-Liang1, TONG Bing-Gang1
1The Laboratory for Biomechanics of Animal Locomotion, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000492Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 2300263State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
Two-Dimensional Self-Propelled Fish Motion in Medium: An Integrated Method for Deforming Body Dynamics and Unsteady Fluid Dynamics
YANG Yan1,2;WU Guan-Hao3;YU Yong-Liang1;TONG Bing-Gang1
1The Laboratory for Biomechanics of Animal Locomotion, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000492Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 2300263State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
摘要We present (1) the dynamical equations of deforming body and (2) an integrated method for deforming body dynamics and unsteady fluid dynamics, to investigate a modelled freely self-propelled fish. The theoretical model and practical method is applicable for studies on the general mechanics of animal locomotion such as flying in air and swimming in water, particularly of free self-propulsion. The present results behave more credibly than the previous numerical studies and are close to the experimental results, and the aligned vortices pattern is discovered in cruising swimming.
Abstract：We present (1) the dynamical equations of deforming body and (2) an integrated method for deforming body dynamics and unsteady fluid dynamics, to investigate a modelled freely self-propelled fish. The theoretical model and practical method is applicable for studies on the general mechanics of animal locomotion such as flying in air and swimming in water, particularly of free self-propulsion. The present results behave more credibly than the previous numerical studies and are close to the experimental results, and the aligned vortices pattern is discovered in cruising swimming.
YANG Yan;WU Guan-Hao;YU Yong-Liang;TONG Bing-Gang. Two-Dimensional Self-Propelled Fish Motion in Medium: An Integrated Method for Deforming Body Dynamics and Unsteady Fluid Dynamics[J]. 中国物理快报, 2008, 25(2): 597-600.
YANG Yan, WU Guan-Hao, YU Yong-Liang, TONG Bing-Gang. Two-Dimensional Self-Propelled Fish Motion in Medium: An Integrated Method for Deforming Body Dynamics and Unsteady Fluid Dynamics. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2008, 25(2): 597-600.
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