03476nam 22007335 450 991072627820332120230523085950.09783031305481(electronic bk.)978303130547410.1007/978-3-031-30548-1(MiAaPQ)EBC30550687(Au-PeEL)EBL30550687(OCoLC)1380464859(DE-He213)978-3-031-30548-1(BIP)089230940(PPN)270614524(CKB)26760996800041(EXLCZ)992676099680004120230523d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Numerical Tool for the Analysis of Bioinspired Aquatic Locomotion /by Giovanni Bianchi1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2023.1 online resource (84 pages)PoliMI SpringerBriefs,2282-2585Print version: Bianchi, Giovanni A Numerical Tool for the Analysis of Bioinspired Aquatic Locomotion Cham : Springer,c2023 9783031305474 Introduction and state of the art -- Hydrodynamics of swimming -- Model of cownose ray locomotion -- Wake structure and swimming performance of the cownose ray.This book presents a novel method for the numerical simulation of swimming animals. It includes a review of the hydrodynamics of swimming, a description of the CFD model adopted, and a description of the results obtained by applying this model to the cownose ray. This method is developed for the open-source software OpenFOAM and relies on an overset mesh. A custom library is added to the solver to include the equations of the kinematics of the animal under investigation, combining the deformation of the fish fins with the computed displacement and rotation of the animal's body. The presented method helps investigate the dynamics of any animal moving in a fluid, provided that its kinematics is known, and in this work, it is applied to investigate the hydrodynamics of a cownose ray. This book is intended for researchers and engineers who aim to deeply understand the hydrodynamics of fish swimming and to design bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicles or novel propulsion systems.PoliMI SpringerBriefs,2282-2585BionicsBiomedical engineeringBiomechanicsFluid mechanicsBiophysicsBioinspired TechnologiesBiomechanical Analysis and ModelingEngineering Fluid DynamicsBiophysicsMechanical EngineeringBiophysicsBiomedical EngineeringTechnology & EngineeringScienceBionics.Biomedical engineering.Biomechanics.Fluid mechanics.Biophysics.Bioinspired Technologies.Biomechanical Analysis and Modeling.Engineering Fluid Dynamics.Biophysics.623.827Bianchi Giovanni71831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910726278203321A Numerical Tool for the Analysis of Bioinspired Aquatic Locomotion3374008UNINA