Anguilliform swimmers are long and narrow animals that propel themselves by undulating
their bodies. Observations in nature and recent investigations suggest that anguilliform …

In recent years, several techniques have been introduced that are capable of extracting 3D
three-component velocity fields in fluid flows. Fast-paced developments in both hardware …

Animals have evolved remarkable biomechanical and physiological systems that enable
their rich repertoire of motion. Animal Locomotion offers a fundamental understanding of …

Pulsatile jet propulsion is a common swimming mode used by a diverse array of aquatic taxa
from chordates to cnidarians. This mode of locomotion has interested both biologists and …

Some research on aircraft is largely inspired by birds. Among them, aerial-aquatic
amphibians with trans-media locomotion capabilities have greatly promoted the …

An inflation–deflation propulsion system inspired by the jet propulsion mechanism of squids
and other cephalopods is proposed. The two-dimensional squid-like swimmer has a flexible …

By using an axisymmetric immersed-boundary model, we numerically investigate the thrust
generation of a deformable body via pulsed jetting. We focus on a single discharging …

A review of recent literature on thrust generation mechanisms by a hydrofoil, bioinspired
from fish locomotion is presented. The present work considers fish-inspired periodic …

Cuttlefish swim using jet propulsion, taking a small volume of fluid into the mantle cavity
before it is expelled through the siphon to generate thrust. Jet propulsion swimming has …

Bio-inspired long-based undulating fin propulsion is commonly employed in biological
autonomous underwater vehicles (BAUVs), while the hydrodynamic characteristics of …