Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion
We present experimental force and power measurements demonstrating that the power required to propel an actively swimming, streamlined, fish-like body is significantly smaller than the power needed to tow the body straight and rigid at the same speed U. The data have been obtained through accurat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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Cambridge University Press
2005
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/25618 |