Ebook: Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surfaces: Swimming, Flying, and Sliding

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.

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.

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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Model Problems for Fish Schooling....Pages 3-13
The Challenge of Understanding and Quantifying Fish Responses to Turbulence-Dominated Physical Environments....Pages 15-33
The Fluid Dynamics of Feeding In the Upside-Down Jellyfish....Pages 35-51
Kinetic Models for Biologically Active Suspensions....Pages 53-71
Individual to Collective Dynamics of Swimming Bacteria....Pages 73-82
Dynamics, Control, and Stabilization of Turning Flight in Fruit Flies....Pages 83-99
Geometric Mechanics, Dynamics, and Control of Fishlike Swimming in a Planar Ideal Fluid....Pages 101-116
Slithering Locomotion....Pages 117-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Shark Skin Boundary Layer Control....Pages 139-150
Numerical Modeling of the Performance of Ray Fins in Fish Locomotion....Pages 151-157
Formation of Ocean Surface Patterns by Cetacean Fluke Oscillations....Pages 159-166
Unsolved Problems in the Locomotion of Mammalian Sperm....Pages 167-176
Computing optimal Strokes for Low Reynolds Number Swimmers....Pages 177-184
Models of Low Reynolds Number Swimmers Inspired by Cell Blebbing....Pages 185-195
A Low-Reynolds-Number Treadmilling Swimmer Near a Semi-infinite Wall....Pages 197-206
Cilia Induced Bending of Paramecium in Microchannels....Pages 207-215
Rheology of Sheared Bacterial Suspensions....Pages 217-224
A User-Friendly Formulation of the Newtonian Dynamics for the Coupled Wing-Body System in Insect Flight....Pages 225-234
Efficient Flapping Flight Using Flexible Wings Oscillating at Resonance....Pages 235-245
Stability of Passive Locomotion in Periodically-Generated Vortex Wakes....Pages 247-253
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Simulating Vortex Wakes of Flapping Plates....Pages 255-262
A Velocity Decomposition Approach for Solving the Immersed Interface Problem with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions....Pages 263-269
Elliptic Regularization and the Solvability of Self-Propelled Locomotion Problems....Pages 271-280
Comparative Studies Reveal Principles of Movement on and Within Granular Media....Pages 281-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-313

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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Model Problems for Fish Schooling....Pages 3-13
The Challenge of Understanding and Quantifying Fish Responses to Turbulence-Dominated Physical Environments....Pages 15-33
The Fluid Dynamics of Feeding In the Upside-Down Jellyfish....Pages 35-51
Kinetic Models for Biologically Active Suspensions....Pages 53-71
Individual to Collective Dynamics of Swimming Bacteria....Pages 73-82
Dynamics, Control, and Stabilization of Turning Flight in Fruit Flies....Pages 83-99
Geometric Mechanics, Dynamics, and Control of Fishlike Swimming in a Planar Ideal Fluid....Pages 101-116
Slithering Locomotion....Pages 117-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Shark Skin Boundary Layer Control....Pages 139-150
Numerical Modeling of the Performance of Ray Fins in Fish Locomotion....Pages 151-157
Formation of Ocean Surface Patterns by Cetacean Fluke Oscillations....Pages 159-166
Unsolved Problems in the Locomotion of Mammalian Sperm....Pages 167-176
Computing optimal Strokes for Low Reynolds Number Swimmers....Pages 177-184
Models of Low Reynolds Number Swimmers Inspired by Cell Blebbing....Pages 185-195
A Low-Reynolds-Number Treadmilling Swimmer Near a Semi-infinite Wall....Pages 197-206
Cilia Induced Bending of Paramecium in Microchannels....Pages 207-215
Rheology of Sheared Bacterial Suspensions....Pages 217-224
A User-Friendly Formulation of the Newtonian Dynamics for the Coupled Wing-Body System in Insect Flight....Pages 225-234
Efficient Flapping Flight Using Flexible Wings Oscillating at Resonance....Pages 235-245
Stability of Passive Locomotion in Periodically-Generated Vortex Wakes....Pages 247-253
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Simulating Vortex Wakes of Flapping Plates....Pages 255-262
A Velocity Decomposition Approach for Solving the Immersed Interface Problem with Dirichlet Boundary Conditions....Pages 263-269
Elliptic Regularization and the Solvability of Self-Propelled Locomotion Problems....Pages 271-280
Comparative Studies Reveal Principles of Movement on and Within Granular Media....Pages 281-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-313
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