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Experimental Hydrodynamics of Fast-Floating Aquatic Animals
- 1st Edition - June 12, 2020
- Author: Viktor V. Babenko
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 0 2 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 2 8 - 5
Experimental Hydrodynamics of Fast-Floating Aquatic Animals presents the latest research on the physiological, morphological and evolutionary factors in aquatic animal locomotio… Read more
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Request a sales quoteExperimental Hydrodynamics of Fast-Floating Aquatic Animals presents the latest research on the physiological, morphological and evolutionary factors in aquatic animal locomotion. Beginning with an overview on how to conduct experiments on swimming aquatic animals, assessing hydrodynamic forces, resistance and geometric parameters of animal bodies, the book then details how aquatic animals, such as fast-moving dolphins, can achieve high speeds without over-expelling their energy resources. It provides insights into investigations on how animals, including dolphins, sharks and swordfish can maneuver through water at high speeds, offering a natural model for improving human and technological underwater locomotion.
This book is essential for researchers and practicing biologists interested in the study of aquatic animal locomotive physiology and its application to human technology. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students will also find this a helpful academic resource for further understanding animal hydrodynamics.
- Analyzes the locomotive benefits of bodily structures in aquatic animals such as cetacean species, penguins, sharks and fast-swimming fish species, such as the swordfish
- Features the latest research and firsthand investigative studies of aquatic animal hydrodynamic factors, including skin elasticity, fin shape and movement, bioenergy, and more
- Provides a comparison of human to animal hydrodynamics, detailing how energy is spent differently due to evolutionary advances in the latter
Researchers and practicing biologists focusing on animal physiology and locomotion. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biology, hydrodynamics, and animal science courses
1: Method of Investigation the Problems of Hydromechanics on the basis of the laws of Swimming Aquatic Animals1.1. Introductory Remarks1.2. Principles of Swimming Aquatic Animals1.3. Methods of Experimental Investigations and Criteria for Dynamic Similarity1.4. Modeling in Experimental Investigations of Swimming Aquatic Animals
2: Kinematic and dynamic Parameters of Swimming Aquatic Animals 2.1. Basic Hydrodynamic Forces and Moments2.2. Component of Hydrodynamic Resistance of Bodies2.3. Geometric Parameters of the Body of Aquatic Animals2.4. Geometric Parameters of the Caudal Fin2.5. Swimming Speeds of Aquatic Animals2.6. Equipments for the Investigations of the Laws of Swimming Aquatic Animals2.7. Features Swimming of Aquatic Animals
3: Bioenergy Swimming Aquatic Animals3.1. Basic Patterns of Bio-energy3.2. Experimental Investigations of the Energy Expenses of Dolphins in a State of Relative Rest3.3. Indirect Estimates of the Energy Expenses of Dolphins3.4. Quasistationary Bioenergetics Calculation of Dolphin Swimming3.5. On the Comparison of Human and Dolphin Bio-energy
4: The Morphology of the Body Systems of Some Aquatic Animals4.1. The Structure of the Body Systems of Dolphins4.2. Dolphin Fin Morphology4.3. Features of the Structure of the Dolphins Skin 4.4. The Structure of Shark Body Systems4.5. The Morphology of the Sharks Skin 4.6. The Structure of the Swordfish Skin 4.7. The Structure of the Body and Skin of Penguins
5: Interaction of Aquatic Animals Systems with Environment5.1. Control of the Shape of the Body and Fins of Aquatic Animals5.2. Features of Control of the Skin Covering of Aquatic Animals5.3. Investigation of the Stability of Coherent Vortex Structures of the Boundary Layer of the Aquatic Animals Skin 5.4. Measurement of the Temperature of the Outer Cover of Dolphins5.5. Thermoregulation of the Aquatic Animals Skin
6: Experimental Investigations of the Boundary Layer and Mechanical Characteristics of Dolphin Skin6.1. Pulsations of the Velocity of the Boundary Layer of Dolphins6.2. The Flow Regime in the Boundary Layer of the Dolphin Model6.3. Models of Elastic Surfaces6.4. Apparatus for Measuring the Mechanical Characteristics of the Skin Live Dolphins6.5. Preliminary Results of the Investigations of Skin Elasticity Live Dolphins6.6. Investigations of Skin Elasticity of Live Dolphins6.7. Investigations of the Oscillating Mass Parameter of the Dolphins Skin6.8. Some Mechanical Characteristics of the Dolphins Skin6.9. The Propagation Speed of Oscillations on the Dolphins Skin
- No. of pages: 270
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 12, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128210253
- eBook ISBN: 9780128226285
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Viktor V. Babenko
Prof. Viktor V. Babenko received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1963 and his PhD in Fluid and Gas Mechanics from the Institute of Hydro-aeromechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) in 1970. Between 1963 and 1965, he worked at the Antonov Design Bureau, a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company. He has been at the Institute of Hydromechanics since 1965, where he has managed research projects on boundary layers. He has been a professor since 1990, and was the Head of Department until 2000. Throughout his career, he has developed original methodologies for research on boundary layer receptivity to 2D and 3D disturbances, at flows around elastic coatings, near different cavities and ledges, in a vortex chamber, at movement of high-speed surface devices, and others. He has developed control methods for coherent vortical structures arising at various types of flows. From 1989 to 2006, he was a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Hydromechanics NASU, and since 2000 he has been a member of the Scientific Councils of the Universities of Civil Aviation and Polytechnic in Kiev.
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Emeritus Professor and former Dept. Head, Department of Information Systems in Hydroaeromechanics and Ecology, Institute of Hydromechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, UkraineRead Experimental Hydrodynamics of Fast-Floating Aquatic Animals on ScienceDirect