Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying : Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic Robots, and Sports Science

Biomechanics studies of animals in swimming and flying can serve an increasing role in understanding the mechanisms that enable animals to move effectively and efficiently in fluid, as well as analyzing the characteristics of their various forms of behavior in fluid. The rich variety of mechanisms employed by swimming and flying organisms has long been an inspiration for engineers and scientists. These areas of research, which form the basis of this volume, include the locomotive mechanisms and behaviors of animals in swimming and flying ranging from microorganisms to dolphins from the biological aspect, hydrodynamics of swimming and flying, biomimetic swimming or flying robots, and sports science. This book follows "Bio-mechanisms of Animals in Swimming and Flying" published in 2004 including 11 chapters. This time, the book includes 31 chapters on the latest researches into natural autonomous systems and locomotion in both flying and swimming organisms. The area of sports science such as analysis and simulation of human swimming is newly added. The computational frameworks for the modeling, simulation and optimization of animals in swimming and flying demonstrate an important role in the progress of interdisciplinary work in the fields of biology and engineering. An innovative technology is exhibited for the flight of an insect size micro air vehicle. Neuronal science is not only unveiling the locomotion mechanisms of swimming in fish from the aspect of the neuronal activities, but also applied to underwater biomimetic robots. The interdisciplinary works are exhibited in the fields of biology and engineering, yielding real-world benefits in innovative technologies. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Asymmetric Swimming Motion of Singly Flagellated Bacteria near a Rigid Surface....Pages 3-15 Properties of a Semi-dilute Suspension of Swimming Micro-organisms....Pages 17-28 Dynamics Modeling and Real-time Observation of Galvanotaxis in Paramecium caudatum ....Pages 29-40 Object Manipulation by a Formation-controlled Euglena Group....Pages 41-52 Passive Mechanisms Controlling Posture and Trajectory in Swimming Fishes....Pages 53-65 Mechanical Properties of the Caudal Fin Resulting from the Caudal Skeletal Structure of the Bluefin Tuna....Pages 67-77 Design of Artificial Tail Flukes for a Bottlenose Dolphin....Pages 79-90 Changes in Drag Acting on an Angled Wavy Siliconrubber Plate as a Model of the Skin Folds of a Swimming Dolphin....Pages 91-102 Central nervous system underlying fish swimming [A review]....Pages 103-116 Underwater Acoustical Sensing Behavior of Porpoises....Pages 117-127 Micro-structural Approach to Developing the Resonance Model of the Indirect Flight Mechanism....Pages 129-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Studies of Hydrodynamics in Fishlike Swimming Propulsion....Pages 143-154 Optimisation of Fish Shape and Swim Mode in Fully Resolved 2-D Flow Field by Genetic Algorithm with the Least Square Prediction Method....Pages 155-166 Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Anguilliform Swimmers....Pages 167-178 A Numerical Study of Hovering Aerodynamics in Flapping Insect Flight....Pages 179-191 Stabilization of Flapping-of-Wings Flight of a Butterfly, Considering Wakes....Pages 193-204 3-D Unsteady Computations of Flapping Flight in Insects, Fish, and Unmanned Vehicles....Pages 205-217 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 Design and Simulations of a Virtual Fishlike Robot Actuated by a Muscle Model....Pages 221-232 Development of Fish Robots Powered by Fuel Cells: Improvement of Swimming Ability by a Genetic Algorithm and Flow Analysis by Computational Fluid Dynamics....Pages 233-245 Design and Control of Biomimetic Robot Fish FAC-I....Pages 247-258 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 Thrust Force Characteristics of Propulsion Mechanism in Fluid Using Fin with Dynamic Variable-Effective-Length Spring....Pages 259-270 Elastic Pectoral Fin Actuators for Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles....Pages 271-282 Design, Development, and Testing of Flapping Fins with Actively Controlled Curvature for an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle....Pages 283-294 Controlling Biomimetic Underwater Robots With Electronic Nervous Systems....Pages 295-306 Microenergy Converter Using Insect Wings....Pages 307-318 Clapping-wing Micro Air Vehicle of Insect Size....Pages 319-330 Front Matter....Pages 331-331 Study on the Application of Lagrangian Numerical Simulation to Fluid Dynamics in Sports Science....Pages 333-344 Rowing Velocity Prediction Program with Estimating Hydrodynamic Load Acting on an Oar Blade....Pages 345-359 Analysis of Breast, Back and Butterfly Strokes by the Swimming Human Simulation Model SWUM....Pages 361-372 Research in Fluid Dynamical Specification of Hand Palms in Freestyle Swimming....Pages 373-381 Flexural Vibration of a Jump Ski in Flight....Pages 383-394 Back Matter....Pages 395-403 This book covers a wide range of animals from flagellated microorganisms to marine mammals. It follows "Bio-mechanisms of Animals in Swimming and Flying" published in 2004 including 11 chapters. This time, the book includes 31 chapters on the latest researches into natural autonomous systems and locomotion in both flying and swimming organisms. The area of sports science such as analysis and simulation of human swimming is newly added. The computational frameworks for the modeling, simulation and optimization of animals in swimming and flying demonstrate an important role in the progress of interdisciplinary work in the fields of biology and engineering. Biological aspects of locomotive mechanisms and behaviors of animals while swimming and flying Hydrodynamics of swimming and flying Biomimetic swimming or flying robots Sports science. Many textbooks about microbiology mention that in the 17th century, Antony van Leeuwenhoek observed microorganisms for the first time with his single-lensed microscope.