Biomimetic Survival Hydrodynamics and Flow Sensing
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Triantafyllou, Michael S
Weymouth, Gabriel D
Miao, Jianmin
Date Issued
July 2015
Journal
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
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Annual Reviews
Citation
Triantafyllou, Michael S., Gabriel D. Weymouth, and Jianmin Miao. “Biomimetic Survival Hydrodynamics and Flow Sensing.” Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 48, no. 1 (January 3, 2016): 1–24.
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Abstract
The fluid mechanics employed by aquatic animals in their escape or attack maneuvers, what we call survival hydrodynamics, are fascinating because the recorded performance in animals is truly impressive. Such performance forces us to pose some basic questions on the underlying flow mechanisms that are not yet in use in engineered vehicles. A closely related issue is the ability of animals to sense the flow velocity and pressure field around them in order to detect and discriminate threats in environments where vision or other sensing is of limited or no use. We review work on animal flow sensing and actuation as a source of inspiration and as a way to formulate a number of basic problems and investigate the flow mechanisms that enable animals to perform these remarkable maneuvers. We also describe some intriguing mechanisms of actuation and sensing.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Ocean Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-fluid-122414-034329
