The Biokinetics Of Flying And Swimming Paperback

India

Akira Azuma

From a mechanical perspective, an animal's shape and the topological connection of its organs are important factors in locomotion. This book describes the physical relationships between form, habitat, way of life, and movement in living creatures. It includes in-depth mechanical and mathematical analyses of the way in which creatures move about, and it also investigates dispersal modes of plants and animals within the framework of flying and swimming. The book is written from the viewpoint of mechanics, specifically fluid dynamics and flight dynamics, rather than from that of physiology and ecology. It will prove a useful reference for aeronautical and mechanical engineers as well as for biologists who use mechanical analyses in the study of behaviour, function, and locomotion.

4431682120

9784431682127

English

Springer Verlag, Japan

14 Dec 2011

265

The book explains flying and swimming behaviours of living creatures in the sense of fluid and flight dynamics, in relation to their environment, way of life, form, and way of locomotion. The book will also prove a useful reference for biologists who need occasionally to use mechanical analyses of locomotion.