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On the rules for aquatic locomotion
2017
Physical Review Fluids
We present unifying rules governing the efficient locomotion of swimming fish and marine mammals. Using scaling and dimensional analysis, supported by new experimental data, we show that efficient locomotion occurs when the values of the Strouhal (St) number St(=f A/U) and A * (=A/L), two nondimensional numbers that relate forward speed U , tail-beat amplitude A, tail-beat frequency f , and the length of the swimmer L are bound to the tight ranges of 0.2-0.4 and 0.1-0.3, respectively. The tight
doi:10.1103/physrevfluids.2.083102
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