Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces: Swimming, Flying, and Sliding by Jane Wang, Stephen Childress, William W. Schultz, Anette Hosoi (Hardcover, 2012)
This volume developed from a Workshop on Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces: Swimming, Flying, and Sliding which was held at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) at the University of Minnesota, from June 1-5, 2010. The subject matter ranged widely from observational data to theoretical mechanics, and reflected the broad scope of the workshop. In both the prepared presentations and in the informal discussions, the workshop engaged exchanges across disciplines and invited a lively interaction between modelers and observers. The articles in this volume were invited and fully refereed. They provide a representative if necessarily incomplete account of the field of natural locomotion during a period of rapid growth and expansion. The papers presented at the workshop, and the contributions to the present volume, can be roughly divided into those pertaining to swimming on the scale of marine organisms, swimming of microorganisms at low Reynolds numbers, animal flight, and sliding and other related examples of locomotion.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781461439967
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116055928
Product Key Features
Author
Jane Wang, Stephen Childress, William w. Schultz, Anette Hosoi
Publication Name
Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces: Swimming, Flying, and Sliding
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Computer Science, Mechanics, Mathematics
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
316 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
155
Item Weight
664g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
The Ima Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Jane Wang, Anette Hosoi, William w. Schultz, Stephen Childress