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Author : Symposium on Swimming and Flying in Nature
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:834720360
Author : Theodore Wu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475713268
The Symposium on Swimming and Flying in Nature which was held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California from July 8-12, 1974 was conceived with the objective of providing an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of funda mental biological and fluid mechanical aspects of these forms of natura110comotion. It was the earnest hope of all concerned in the organization of the Symposium that the exchange of knowledge and interaction of ideas from the disciplines involved would stimu late new research in this developing field. If the liveliness of the discussion generated among the 250 or so participants is any measure, then this objective was fulfilled to a significant degree. These two companion volumes contain the manuscripts of the papers presented during the Symposium. It is hoped that this permanent record will serve to perpetuate the enthusiasm and active thought generated during those days in Pasadena. The first volume contains the proceedings of the first two days of the confer ence (Sessions I to IV) which concentrated on the locomotion of micro-organisms. The second volume (Sessions V to VIII) deals with the propulsion of larger fish, insects and birds. Professor Sir James Lighthill's Special Invited Lecture which opened the Symposium is contained in the second volume, rather than the first, since it deals with natural flight.
Author : Theodore Yao-tsu Wu,Charles J. Brokaw,Christopher Brennen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Animal flight
ISBN : UOM:39015049076022
Author : James Bell Pettigrew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : NWU:35556025362393
Author : J. Pettigrew
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368822323
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Author : Akira Azuma
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431682103
From a mechanical perspective, an animal's shape and the topological connection of its organs are important factors in locomotion. This book describes the physical relationships between form, habitat, way of life, and movement in living creatures. It includes in-depth mechanical and mathematical analyses of the way in which creatures move about, and it also investigates dispersal modes of plants and animals within the framework of flying and swimming. The book is written from the viewpoint of mechanics, specifically fluid dynamics and flight dynamics, rather than from that of physiology and ecology. It will prove a useful reference for aeronautical and mechanical engineers as well as for biologists who use mechanical analyses in the study of behaviour, function, and locomotion.
Author : James Bell Pettigrew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015065217419
Author : David E. Alexander
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128498972
Nature’s Machines: An Introduction to Organismal Biomechanics presents the fundamental principles of biomechanics in a concise, accessible way while maintaining necessary rigor. It covers the central principles of whole-organism biomechanics as they apply across the animal and plant kingdoms, featuring brief, tightly-focused coverage that does for biologists what H. M. Frost’s 1967 Introduction to Biomechanics did for physicians. Frequently encountered, basic concepts such as stress and strain, Young’s modulus, force coefficients, viscosity, and Reynolds number are introduced in early chapters in a self-contained format, making them quickly available for learning and as a refresher. More sophisticated, integrative concepts such as viscoelasticity or properties of hydrostats are covered in the later chapters, where they draw on information from multiple earlier sections of the book. Animal and plant biomechanics is now a common research area widely acknowledged by organismal biologists to have broad relevance. Most of the day-to-day activities of an animal involve mechanical processes, and to the extent that organisms are shaped by adaptive evolution, many of those adaptations are constrained and channelized by mechanical properties. The similarity in body shape of a porpoise and a tuna is no coincidence. Many may feel that they have an intuitive understanding of many of the mechanical processes that affect animals and plants, but careful biomechanical analyses often yield counterintuitive results: soft, squishy kelp may be better at withstanding pounding waves during storms than hard-shelled mollusks; really small swimmers might benefit from being spherical rather than streamlined; our bones can operate without breaking for decades, whereas steel surgical implants exhibit fatigue failures in a few months if not fully supported by bone. Offers organismal biologists and biologists in other areas a background in biomechanics to better understand the research literature and to explore the possibility of using biomechanics approaches in their own work Provides an introductory presentation of the everyday mechanical challenges faced by animals and plants Functions as recommended or required reading for advanced undergraduate biology majors taking courses in biomechanics, supplemental reading in a general organismal biology course, or background reading for a biomechanics seminar course
Author : Stephen Childress
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1981-07-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0521280710
Provides a summary of the fluid dynamics of the locomotion of living organisms. Describes biological phenomena in detail from the swimming of bacteria and fish to the flying of insects and birds.
Author : Wei Shyy,Hikaru Aono,Chang-kwon Kang,Hao Liu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781107067981
This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers interested in the aerodynamics, structural dynamics and flight dynamics of small birds, bats and insects, as well as of micro air vehicles (MAVs), which present some of the richest problems intersecting science and engineering. The agility and spectacular flight performance of natural flyers, thanks to their flexible, deformable wing structures, as well as to outstanding wing, tail and body coordination, is particularly significant. To design and build MAVs with performance comparable to natural flyers, it is essential that natural flyers' combined flexible structural dynamics and aerodynamics are adequately understood. The primary focus of this book is to address the recent developments in flapping wing aerodynamics. This book extends the work presented in Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Flyers (Shyy et al. 2008).
Author : J Bell Pettigrew
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019416459
This groundbreaking work from the 19th century examines the mechanics of animal locomotion, from the movement of insects and fish to the flight of birds. The author's pioneering research into the principles of aëronautics laid the groundwork for modern aviation, making this book essential reading for anyone interested in the science of motion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262693561
A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fuelled civilization and its environmental consequences. Energy in Nature and Society is a systematic and exhaustive analysis of all the major energy sources, storages, flows, and conversions that have shaped the evolution of the biosphere and civilization. Vaclav Smil uses fundamental unifying metrics (most notably for power density and energy intensity) to provide an integrated framework for analyzing all segments of energetics (the study of energy flows and their transformations). The book explores not only planetary energetics (such as solar radiation and geomorphic processes) and bioenergetics (photosynthesis, for example) but also human energetics (such as metabolism and thermoregulation), tracing them from hunter-gatherer and agricultural societies through modern-day industrial civilization. Included are chapters on heterotrophic conversions, traditional agriculture, preindustrial complexification, fossil fuels, fossil-fueled civilization, the energetics of food, and the implications of energetics for the environment. The book concludes with an examination of general patterns, trends, and socioeconomic considerations of energy use today, looking at correlations between energy and value, energy and the economy, energy and quality of life, and energy futures. Throughout the book, Smil chooses to emphasize the complexities and peculiarities of the real world, and the counterintuitive outcomes of many of its processes, over abstract models. Energy in Nature and Society provides a unique, comprehensive, single-volume analysis and reference source on all important energy matters, from natural to industrial energy flows, from fuels to food, from the Earth's formation to possible energy futures, and can serve as a text for courses in energy studies, global ecology, earth systems science, biology, and chemistry.
Author : Paolo Domenici
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439843123
Fish accomplish most of their basic behaviors by swimming. Swimming is fundamental in a vast majority of fish species for avoiding predation, feeding, finding food, mating, migrating and finding optimal physical environments. Fish exhibit a wide variety of swimming patterns and behaviors. This treatise looks at fish swimming from the behavioral and
Author : Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : UCSD:31822009698168
Author : James Bell Pettigrew
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385357112
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.