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Hydrodynamics of a twisting slender swimmer

Sea snakes propel themselves by lateral deformation waves moving backwards along their bodies faster than they swim. In contrast to typical anguilliform swimmers, however, their swimming is characterized by exaggerated torsional waves that lead the lateral ones. The effect of torsional waves on hydr...

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Autores principales: Iosilevskii, Gil, Rashkovsky, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7481709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200754