Fluid dynamics: Swimming across scales

Research output: Contribution to journalResearch articleInvited

Contributors

  • Johannes Baumgart - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Author)
  • Benjamin M Friedrich - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Author)

Abstract

The myriad creatures that inhabit the waters of our planet all swim using different mechanisms. Now, a simple relation links key physical observables of underwater locomotion, on scales ranging from millimetres to tens of metres.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)711-712
Number of pages2
JournalNature physics
Volume10
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Peer-reviewedNo
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84926191424

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