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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"undulatory locomotion"”.
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Non-inertial Undulatory Locomotion Across Scales
Locomotion is crucial to behaviors such as predator avoidance, foraging, and mating. In particular, undulatory locomotion is one of the most common forms of locomotion. From microscopic flagellates to swimming fish and slithering snakes, this form of locomotion is a remarkably robust …
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Optimizing Snake Locomotion on a Plane: A Variational and Analytical Framework for Friction and Normal Force Modulation
Snake locomotion represents one of the most versatile and efficient forms of limbless movement across diverse terrains. This thesis develops an analytical framework to investigate the optimal body shapes and gaits that maximize locomotor efficiency and speed for elongated bodies interacting with …
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Robust spectral representations and model inference for biological dynamics
… surfaces. Next, we apply the framework to the undulatory locomotion of worms, centipedes, robots, and snakes to distinguish between locomotion behaviors. Finally, we present an extension of the framework to the case of nonlinear dynamics when all relevant degrees of freedom are only partially …
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The Hydrodynamics and Energetics of Bioinspired Swimming with Undulatory Electromechanical Fins
Biological systems offer novel and efficient solutions to many engineering applications, including marine propulsion. It is of interest to determine how fish interact with the water around them, and how best to utilize the potential their methods offer. A stingray-like fin was chosen for analysis …