| Swimming Performance of Aquatic-animals and Their Morphological Adaptation |
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Myong-Hwan Sohn, Seung-Hee Lee, Cheol-Heui Han |
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| 수중동물의 헤엄침 성능과 형태학적 적응 |
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손명환, 이승희, 한철희 |
1포항공과대학교 기계공학과
2한양대학교 기계공학과
3국립 충주대학교 항공.기계설계학과 |
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| Abstract |
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The swimming abilities of aquatic-animals are of vital importance to their ecology. The relationship between outer shapes and the swimming ability has been focused just a few centuries ago by engineering community. Present paper surveys the recent studies of the aquatic-animals' swimming performance in the morphological point of view. Also an experimental study is performed in order to investigate the effect of the tail fin's shape on the propulsive performance. The result showed that the morphological study provided valuable data for exploring the secrets of the aquatic-animals' swimming performance. |
| Key Words:
Aquatic-Animals, Swimming Performance, Morphology, Literature Survey, Experimental Study, Undulating Motion, Thrust Measurement |
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