Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying

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