Mechanics of Swimming and Flying

Stephen Childress

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date:

1981

Number of Pages:

168

Format:

Paperback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology 2

Price:

43.00

ISBN:

978-0521280716

Category:

Monograph

BLL Rating:

BLL*

The Basic Library List Committee recommends this book for acquisition by undergraduate mathematics libraries.

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Preface; 1. General considerations; 2. The Stokesian realm; 3. Swimming of a sheet; 4. The biology of low-Reynolds-number locomotion; 5. Resistive-force theory of flagellar propulsion; 6. Analysis of the flagellum; 7. Ciliary propulsion; 8. The Eulerian realm: the inertial force; 9. The Eulerian realm: the vortex force; 10. The swimming of fish; 11. Some aspects of the aerodynamics of birds and insects; 12. Interactions; References; Index.

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Mathematical Modeling