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View article: Metachronal rowing provides robust propulsive performance across four orders of magnitude variation in Reynolds number
Metachronal rowing provides robust propulsive performance across four orders of magnitude variation in Reynolds number Open
Metachronal rowing of multiple propulsors (paddles) is a swimming strategy used by numerous organisms across various phyla, with body sizes ranging from 0.01 mm to 100 mm. This size range corresponds to a huge variation in flow regimes cha…
View article: Dynamic Mode Decomposition of the Metachronal Paddling Wake
Dynamic Mode Decomposition of the Metachronal Paddling Wake Open
Metachronal paddling is a drag-based propulsion strategy observed in many aquatic arthropods in which a series of paddling appendages are stroked sequentially to form a traveling wave in the same direction as animal motion. Metachronal pad…
View article: Hybrid Metachronal Rowing Augments Swimming Speed and Acceleration via Increased Stroke Amplitude
Hybrid Metachronal Rowing Augments Swimming Speed and Acceleration via Increased Stroke Amplitude Open
Synopsis Numerous aquatic invertebrates use drag-based metachronal rowing for swimming, in which closely spaced appendages are oscillated starting from the posterior, with each appendage phase-shifted in time relative to its neighbor. Cont…
View article: Closer Appendage Spacing Augments Metachronal Swimming Speed by Promoting Tip Vortex Interactions
Closer Appendage Spacing Augments Metachronal Swimming Speed by Promoting Tip Vortex Interactions Open
Numerous species of aquatic invertebrates, including crustaceans, swim by oscillating multiple closely spaced appendages. The coordinated, out-of-phase motion of these appendages, known as “metachronal paddling,” has been well-established …
View article: Hybrid metachronal rowing augments swimming speed and acceleration via increased stroke amplitude
Hybrid metachronal rowing augments swimming speed and acceleration via increased stroke amplitude Open
Numerous aquatic invertebrates use drag-based metachronal rowing for swimming, in which closely spaced appendages are oscillated starting from the posterior, with each appendage phase-shifted in time relative to its neighbor. Continuously …
View article: Closer appendage spacing augments metachronal swimming speed by promoting tip vortex interactions
Closer appendage spacing augments metachronal swimming speed by promoting tip vortex interactions Open
Numerous species of aquatic invertebrates, including crustaceans, swim by oscillating multiple closely spaced appendages. The coordinated, out-of-phase motion of these appendages, known as “metachronal paddling”, has been well-established …
View article: Data from: Interspecific variation in number of bristles on forewings of tiny insects does not impact clap-and-fling aerodynamics
Data from: Interspecific variation in number of bristles on forewings of tiny insects does not impact clap-and-fling aerodynamics Open
Appendix S1 (“AppendixS1_all_bristle_data.csv”; “AppendixS1_all_bristle_data.xlsx”): All phenotypic data used in the analyses of thrips and fairyfly wings. The CSV file is for replicating analyses in R. The MS Excel file includes a metadat…
View article: Data from: Hybrid metachronal rowing augments swimming speed and acceleration via increased stroke amplitude
Data from: Hybrid metachronal rowing augments swimming speed and acceleration via increased stroke amplitude Open
"Movie1.mp4": Video clip of mantis shrimp swimming used for swimming speed calculation and kinematics tracking (Individual 1 video 1)."Movie2.mp4": Video clip of mantis shrimp swimming used for swimming speed calculation and kinematics tra…
View article: Inter-species variation in number of bristles on forewings of tiny insects does not impact clap-and-fling aerodynamics
Inter-species variation in number of bristles on forewings of tiny insects does not impact clap-and-fling aerodynamics Open
Flight-capable miniature insects of body length (BL) < 2 mm typically possess wings with long bristles on the fringes. Though their flight is challenged by needing to overcome significant viscous resistance at chord-based Reynolds number (…
View article: On the role of phase lag in multi-appendage metachronal swimming of euphausiids
On the role of phase lag in multi-appendage metachronal swimming of euphausiids Open
Metachronal paddling is a common method of drag-based aquatic propulsion, in which a series of swimming appendages are oscillated, with the motion of each appendage phase-shifted relative to the neighboring appendages. Ecologically and eco…
Bio-inspired design of underwater drones: Metachronal, synchronous, and hybrid stroke kinematics in paddling-based swimming at low Reynolds Numbers Open
Metachronal paddling is a form of locomotion common in pelagic crustaceans such as krill, in which a series of swimming appendages are stroked in an oscillatory pattern, each appendage with a phase lag compared to the neighboring appendage…
View article: Data from: On the role of phase lag in multi-appendage metachronal swimming of Euphausiids
Data from: On the role of phase lag in multi-appendage metachronal swimming of Euphausiids Open
Data used in the manuscript by Ford and Santhanakrishnan (2020). Readme.txt (where provided) contains information on data formatting. Representative high-speed videos (HSVs) of "krillbot" motion, used for tracking pleopod kinematics and bo…
View article: Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag
Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag Open
Negatively buoyant freely swimming crustaceans such as krill must generate downward momentum in order to maintain their position in the water column. These animals use a drag-based propulsion strategy, where pairs of closely spaced swimmin…
View article: Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag
Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag Open
Data used in the paper by Ford et al. (2019). Readme.txt within every folder/subfolder contains information on data formatting.
View article: Data from: Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag
Data from: Hydrodynamics of metachronal paddling: effects of varying Reynolds number and phase lag Open
Data used in the paper by Ford et al. (2019). Readme.txt within every folder/subfolder contains information on data formatting.
Leaky Flow through Simplified Physical Models of Bristled Wings of Tiny Insects during Clap and Fling Open
In contrast to larger flight-capable insects such as hawk moths and fruit flies, miniature flying insects such as thrips show the obligatory use of wing–wing interaction via “clap and fling” during the end of upstroke and start of downstro…
Dynamic analysis of the Milad Tower Open
This report involves the modelling of the Milad Tower using the finite element analysis program Strand7. A dynamic analysis was performed on the structure in order to understand the deflections and stresses as a result of earthquake and wi…