Preface- Acknowledgments- Part 1- Biological Aspects of Locomotive Mechanisms and Behaviors of Animals While Swimming and Flying- Chapter1: Asymmetric Swimming Motion of Singly Flagellated Bacteria near a Rigid Surface- Chapter2: Properties of a Semi-dilute Suspension of Swimming Microorganisms- Chapter3: Dynamics, Modeling and Real-time Observation of Galvanotaxis in Paramecium caudatum- Chapter4: Object Manipulation by a Formation-Controlled Euglena Group- Chapter5: Passive Mechanisms Controlling Posture and Trajectory in Swimming Fishes- Chapter6: Mechanical Properties of the Caudal Fin Resulting from the Caudal Skeletal Structure of the Bluefin Tuna- Chapter7: Design of Artificial Tail Flukes for a Bottlenose Dolphin- Chapter8: Changes in Drag Acting on an Angled Wavy Silicon-rubber Plate as a Model of the Skin Folds of a Swimming Dolphin- Chapter9: Central Nervous System Underlying Swimming Fish - Chapter10: Underwater Acoustical Sensing Behavior of Porpoises- Chapter11: Microstructural Approach to Developing the Resonance Model of the Indirect Flight Mechanism- Part 2- Hydrodynamics of Swimming and Flying- Chapter12: Studies of Hydrodynamics in Fishlike Swimming Propulsion - Chapter13: Optimization of Fish Shape and Swim Mode in Fully Resolved 2-D Flow-field by Genetic Algorithm with the Least-square Prediction Method- Chapter14: Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Anguilliform Swimmers- Chapter15: A Numerical Study of Hovering Aerodynamics in Flapping Insect Flight- Chapter16: Stabilization of Flapping-of-Wings Flight of a Butterfly, Considering Wakes- Chapter 17: 3-D Unsteady Computations of Flapping Flight in Insects, Fish, and Unmanned Vehicles- Part 3- Biomimetic Swimming or Flying Robots- Chapter 18: Design and Simulations of a Virtual Fishlike Robot Actuated by a Muscle Model- Chapter 19: Development of Fish Robots Powered by Fuel Cells: Improvement of Swimming Ability by a Genetic Algorithm and Flow Analysis by Computational Fluid Dynamics- Chapter 20: Design and Control of Biomimetic Robot Fish FAC-I- Chapter 21: Thrust Force Characteristics of the Propulsion Mechanism in Fluid Using a Fin with a Dynamic Variable-Effective-Length Spring- Chapter 22: Elastic Pectoral Fin Actuators for Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles- Chapter 23: Design, Development, and Testing of Flapping Fins with Actively Controlled Curvature for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle - Chapter 24: Controlling Biomimetic Underwater Robots with Electronic Nervous Systems- Chapter 25: Micro-energy Converter Using Insect Wings- Chapter26: Clapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle of Insect Size- Part 4- Sports Science- Chapter 27: Study on the Application of Lagrangian Numerical Simulation to Fluid Dynamics in Sports Science- Chapter 28: Rowing Velocity Prediction Program Estimating Hydrodynamic Load Acting on an Oar Blade- Chapter 29: Analysis of Breast, Back and Butterfly Strokes by the Swimming Human Simulation Model SWUM- Chapter 30: Research in Fluid Dynamical Specification of Hand Palms in Freestyle Swimming- Chapter 31: Flexural Vibration of a Jump Ski in Flight
EAN/ISBN : 9784431733805
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Springer Japan
Discussed keywords: Biomechanik, Fliegerei / Fliegen, Schwimmen
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Kato, Naomi - Kamimura, Shinji