| Title: | The role of vortices in animal locomotion in fluids |
| Authors: | Dvořák, Rudolf |
| Citation: | Applied and Computational Mechanics. 2014, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 147-156. |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of West Bohemia |
| Document type: | článek article |
| URI: | http://www.kme.zcu.cz/acm/acm/article/view/250/299 http://hdl.handle.net/11025/11954 |
| ISSN: | 1802-680X (Print) 2336-1182 (Online) |
| Keywords: | zvířecí lokomoce;ptačí let;hmyzí let;plavání;chození na vodě;víry |
| Keywords in different language: | animal locomotion;bird flight;insect flight;swimming;walking on water;vortices |
| Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to show the significance of vortices in animal locomotion in fluids on two deliberately chosen examples. The first example concerns lift generation by bird and insect wings, the second example briefly mentiones swimming and walking on water. In all the examples, the vortices generated by the moving animal impart the necessary momentum to the surrounding fluid, the reaction to which is the force moving or lifting the animal. |
| Rights: | © 2014 University of West Bohemia. All rights reserved. |
| Appears in Collections: | Volume 8, number 2 (2014) Volume 8, number 2 (2014) |
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