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Curvature-induced stiffening of a fish fin

How fish modulate their fin stiffness during locomotive manoeuvres remains unknown. We show that changing the fin's curvature modulates its stiffness. Modelling the fin as bendable bony rays held together by a membrane, we deduce that fin curvature is manifested as a misalignment of the princip...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Khoi, Yu, Ning, Bandi, Mahesh M., Venkadesan, Madhusudhan, Mandre, Shreyas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0247