The mechanism of rapid starting of slender fish1
- 1 September 1973
- journal article
- Published by IOS Press in Biorheology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 343-350
- https://doi.org/10.3233/bir-1973-10308
Abstract
The mechanism of rapid acceleration from rest (lunging) in fishes is studied by means of a slender-body theory adapted to deal with unsteady, curvilinear large amplitude movements in water at high Reynolds numbers. The vortex wake is represented hereKeywords
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