Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency.
Dimensionless numbers are important in biomechanics because their constancy can imply dynamic similarity between systems, despite possible differences in medium or scale. A dimensionless parameter that describes the tail or wing kinematics of swimming and flying animals is the Strouhal number, St =...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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