Overview
- A timely summary of flow control concepts found in nature
- Presents how flow control concepts can be understood and applied to engineering systems
- Written by leading experts in the field
Part of the book series: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design (NNFM, volume 119)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Flow Control in Single Cell Organisms
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Flow Control in Insects and Birds
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Flow Control in Fish, Dolphins and Seals
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About this book
This book is the closing report of the national priority program Nature-Inspired Fluid Mechanics (Schwerpunktprogramm SPP 1207: Strömungsbeeinflussung in der Natur und Technik). Nature-inspired fluid mechanics is one subset of biomimetics, a discipline which has received increased attention over the last decade, with numerous faculties and degree courses devoted solely to exploring ‘nature as a model’ for engineering applications. To save locomotion energy, evolution has optimized the design of animals such that friction loss is minimized. In addition to many morphological adaptations, animals that are often exposed to water or air currents have developed special behaviors that allow them to use the energy contained in air or water fluctuations for energy savings. Such flow manipulation and control is not only important for many animals, but also for many engineering applications. Since living beings have been optimized by several million years of evolution it is very likely that many engineering disciplines can profit from the study of systems found in nature. Curiously, there has been little serious cross-disciplinary work and information exchange on the topic of fluid dynamics and flow control and this was the initial motivation to establish this national priority program.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nature-Inspired Fluid Mechanics
Book Subtitle: Results of the DFG Priority Programme 1207 ”Nature-inspired Fluid Mechanics” 2006-2012
Editors: Cameron Tropea, Horst Bleckmann
Series Title: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28302-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-28301-7Published: 22 February 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44582-8Published: 16 April 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-28302-4Published: 22 February 2012
Series ISSN: 1612-2909
Series E-ISSN: 1860-0824
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 376
Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Bioinformatics