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Title:
Bio-mechanisms of swimming and flying : fluid dynamics, biomimetic robots, and sports science
Publication Information:
Tokyo : Springer, 2008
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ix, 403 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9784431733799

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This book covers a wide range of animals from flagellated microorganisms to marine mammals. It follows "Bio-mechanisms of Animals in Swimming and Flying" published in 2004 including 11 chapters. This time, the book includes 31 chapters on the latest researches into natural autonomous systems and locomotion in both flying and swimming organisms. The area of sports science such as analysis and simulation of human swimming is newly added. The computational frameworks for the modeling, simulation and optimization of animals in swimming and flying demonstrate an important role in the progress of interdisciplinary work in the fields of biology and engineering.


Table of Contents

T. Goto and S. Kudo and Y. MagariyamaT. Ishikawa and T. Yamaguchi and T.J. PedleyN. Ogawa and H. Oku and K. Hashimoto and M. IshikawaA. Itoh and W. TamuraM.S. Gordon and D.V. Lauritzen and A.M. WiktorowiczH. Morikawa and K. Yusa and S. KobayashiW. Seki and S. Kato and S. Saito and T. YokoiH. Zhang and N. Yoshitake and Y. HagiwaraK. UematsuT. Akamatsu and D. Wang and K. Wang and Y. NaitoH. MiyakeX.-Y. Lu and X.-Z. Yin and B.-G. TongS. Takeuchi and S. Kusuda and T. KajishimaS. Kern and P. Chatelain and P. KoumoutsakosH. Aono and H. LiuK. Senda and M. Sawamoto and M. Kitamura and T. TanakaW.C. Sandberg and R. RamamurtiC. Guo and Z. WangY. Takada and T. Tamachi and S. Taninaka and T. Ishii and K. Ebita and T. WakisakaC. Zhou and L. Wang and Z. Cao and S. Wang and M. TanS. Kobayashi and M. Nakabayashi and R. Kobayashi and J. Jie and H. MorikawaN. Kato and Y. Ando and A. Tomokazu and H. Suzuki and K. Suzumori and T. Kanda and S. EndoJ. Palmisano and J. Geder and R. Ramamurti and K.-J. Liu and J.J. Cohen and T. Mengesha and J. Naciri and W. Sandberg and B. RatnaJ. Ayers and N. RulkovS. Sudo and K. Nashimoto and K. Tsuyuki and T. Yano and M. FutamuraY. Kawamura and S. Souda and S. Nishimoto and C.P. EllingtonK. Kamemoto and A. Ojima and S. Ido and T. AraiT. Kinoshita and M. Miyashita and H. Kobayashi and T. HinoM. NakashimaS. ItoA. Shionoya and T. Kobayashi and T. Saijo and K. Ogata and T. Matsuhashi
Prefacep. V
Acknowledgmentsp. IX
Part 1 Biological Aspects of Locomotive Mechanisms and Behaviors of Animals While Swimming and Flying
Chapter 1 Asymmetric Swimming Motion of Singly Flagellated Bacteria near a Rigid Surfacep. 3
Chapter 2 Properties of a Semi-dilute Suspension of Swimming Micro-organismsp. 17
Chapter 3 Dynamics Modeling and Real-time Observation of Galvanotaxis in Paramecium caudatump. 29
Chapter 4 Object Manipulation by a Formation-controlled Euglena Groupp. 41
Chapter 5 Passive Mechanisms Controlling Posture and Trajectory in Swimming Fishesp. 53
Chapter 6 Mechanical Properties of the Caudal Fin Resulting from the Caudal Skeletal Structure of the Bluefin Tunap. 67
Chapter 7 Design of Artificial Tail Flukes for a Bottlenose Dolphinp. 79
Chapter 8 Changes in Drag Acting on an Angled Wavy Silicon-rubber Plate as a Model of the Skin Folds of a Swimming Dolphinp. 91
Chapter 9 Central Nervous System Underlying Fish Swimming [A review]p. 103
Chapter 10 Underwater Acoustical Sensing Behavior of Porpoisesp. 117
Chapter 11 Micro-structural Approach to Developing the Resonance Model of the Indirect Flight Mechanismp. 129
Part 2 Hydrodynamics of Swimming and Flying
Chapter 12 Studies of Hydrodynamics in Fishlike Swimming Propulsionp. 143
Chapter 13 Optimisation of Fish Shape and Swim Mode in Fully Resolved 2-D Flow Field by Genetic Algorithm with the Least Square Prediction Methodp. 155
Chapter 14 Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Anguilliform Swimmersp. 167
Chapter 15 A Numerical Study of Hovering Aerodynamics in Flapping Insect Flightp. 179
Chapter 16 Stabilization of Flapping-of-Wings Flight of a Butterfly, Considering Wakesp. 193
Chapter 17 3-D Unsteady Computations of Flapping Flight in Insects, Fish, and Unmanned Vehiclesp. 205
Part 3 Biomimetic Swimming or Flying Robots
Chapter 18 Design and Simulations of a Virtual Fishlike Robot Actuated by a Muscle Modelp. 221
Chapter 19 Development of Fish Robots Powered by Fuel Cells: Improvement of Swimming Ability by a Genetic Algorithm and Flow Analysis by Computational Fluid Dynamicsp. 233
Chapter 20 Design and Control of Biomimetic Robot Fish FAC-Ip. 247
Chapter 21 Thrust Force Characteristics of the Propulsion Mechanism in Fluid Using a Fin with a Dynamic Variable-Effective-Length Springp. 259
Chapter 22 Elastic Pectoral Fin Actuators for Biomimetic Underwater Vehiclesp. 271
Chapter 23 Design, Development, and Testing of Flapping Fins with Actively Controlled Curvature for an Unmanned Underwater Vehiclep. 283
Chapter 24 Controlling Biomimetic Underwater Robots With Electronic Nervous Systemsp. 295
Chapter 25 Micro-energy Converter Using Insect Wingsp. 307
Chapter 26 Clapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle of Insect Sizep. 319
Part 4 Sports Science
Chapter 27 Study on the Application of Lagrangian Numerical Simulation to Fluid Dynamics in Sports Sciencep. 333
Chapter 28 Rowing Velocity Prediction Program with Estimating Hydrodynamic Load Acting on an Oar Bladep. 345
Chapter 29 Analysis of Breast, Back and Butterfly Strokes by the Swimming Human Simulation Model SWUMp. 361
Chapter 30 Research in Fluid Dynamical Specification of Hand Palms in Freestyle Swimmingp. 373
Chapter 31 Flexural Vibration of a Jump Ski in Flightp. 383
Subject Indexp. 395
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