The Mechanics of Fast-Start Performance of Pike Studied Using a Mechanical Fish

A northern pike (Esox lucius) is capable of achieving a maximum instantaneous acceleration of 25g, far greater than that achieved by any manmade vehicle. In order to understand the physical mechanisms behind achieving such high accelerations, we have built a mechanical fish to emulate the motion of...

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Main Authors: Feng, Chengcheng, Bonafilia, Brian R., Modarres-Sadeghi, Yahya, Triantafyllou, Michael S
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: ASME International 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120737
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4960-7060