Computational biological fluid dynamics: digitizing and visualizing animal swimming and flying.

Computational Modeling of Fluid–structure Interaction in Biological Flying and Swimming

An overview of a Lagrangian method for analysis of animal wake dynamics.

The fluid dynamic analysis of animal wakes is becoming increasingly popular in studies of animal swimming and flying, due in part to the development of quantitative flow visualization techniques such as digital particle imaging velocimetry (DPIV). In most studies, quasi-steady flow is assumed and the flow analysis is based on velocity and/or vorticity fields measured at a single time instant du...

The transfer of momentum from an animal to fluid in its wake is fundamental to many swimming and flying

The vortex wake is the fluid dynamic footprint of swimming and flying animals. When an animal moves through fluid, Newton’s second and third laws together dictate that the locomotive force exerted by the fluid on the animal has a magnitude equal to the rate at which the animal imparts momentum to the fluid. Often the animal delivers this momentum in the form of rotating fluid masses called vort...

توسعه یک مدل سه بعدی روبات ماهی و مقایسه آزمایشگاهی نتایج

Biomimetic underwater vehicle design has attracted the attention of researchers for various reasons such as ocean investigation, marine environmental protection, exploring fish behaviors and detecting the leakage of oil pipe lines. Fish and other aquatic animals have good maneuverability and trajectory following capability. They also efficiently stabilize themselves in currents and surges leave...

The Influence of the Pipe’s Material and the Mass Flow Rate on the Pressure Drop and Velocity Variation During Pneumatic Conveying of Wheat Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

According to flexibility of pneumatic conveying systems with respect to other types of transmission systems, this system has wide application in industry and agriculture processes. One important application of this system is in the loading and unloading tankers and powdery bulk materials such as trucks carrying cement, plaster and sand. Conveying efficiency is associated with pressure, which in...