Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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1030576
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Doc. No
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b784946
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Main Entry
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Childress, Stephen.
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Title & Author
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Mechanics of swimming and flying /\ Stephen Childress.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 1981.
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Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in mathematical biology ;; 2
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Page. NO
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x, 155 pages ;; 23 cm.
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ISBN
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0521236134
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: 0521280710
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: 9780521236133
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: 9780521280716
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152) and index.
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Abstract
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This book provides a clear and concise summary of the fluid dynamics of the locomotion of living organisms. The biological phenomena described in detail range from the swimming of bacteria and fish to the flying of insects and birds. The breadth of treatment requires the study of two basic fluid-dynamical regimes. In the first case, that of small organisms, the viscosity of the fluid is paramount in deciding the most effective swimming strategy. However, for larger insects, birds, and most fish, the viscosity of the air or water may be treated as if it were zero, and resulting mechanisms of propulsion are very different. Both these types are studied, with emphasis on the unsteady character of natural movements. Written for the advanced student, this volume assumes familiarity with basic fluid mechanics, although some elementary topics are included. It will be readily accessible to students of applied mathematics and biologists who have engineering or physics backgrounds.
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Subject
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Animal flight-- Mathematical models.
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Subject
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Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.
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Fluid dynamics-- Mathematical models.
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Navier-Stokes equations.
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Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.
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Flight, Animal.
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Subject
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Models, Theoretical.
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Subject
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Swimming.
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Navier-Stokes equations.
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Animaux-- Vol-- Modèles mathématiques.
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Subject
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Fluides, Dynamique des-- Modèles mathématiques.
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Subject
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Nage (Biologie)-- Modèles mathématiques.
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Subject
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Navier-Stokes, Équations de.
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Subject
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31.81 mathematical physiscs.
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Subject
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33.14 fluid dynamics, transport in gasses and fluids, rheology.
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Subject
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Animal flight-- Mathematical models.
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Animal flight-- Mathematical models.
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Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.
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Animal swimming-- Mathematical models.
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Biomathematics.
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Subject
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Fliegen
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Subject
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Fluid dynamics-- Mathematical models.
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Fluid dynamics-- Mathematical models.
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Subject
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Mathematisches Modell
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Subject
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Navier-Stokes equations.
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Subject
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Navier-Stokes equations.
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Subject
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Schwimmen
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Tiere
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Tiere.
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Aerodynamics.
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Biomechanics.
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Subject
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Fluid mechanics.
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Subject
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Flying.
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Subject
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Swimming.
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Subject
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Animal, 2017, Bildband
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Dewey Classification
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591.1/852
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LC Classification
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QP310.F5C48 1981
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NLM classification
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31.81bcl
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33.14bcl
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UR 1600rvk
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