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Author Vogel, Steven, 1940-2015.

Title Life in moving fluids : the physical biology of flow / Steven Vogel
Edition 2nd ed., rev. and expanded / illustrated by Susan Tanner Beety and the author
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c[1994]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 467 p.)
Series Princeton paperbacks
Princeton paperbacks.
Contents Remarks at the start -- What Is a fluid and how much so -- Neither hiding nor crossing streamlines -- Pressure and momentum -- Drag, scale, and the Reynolds number -- The drag of simple shapes and sessile systems -- Shape and drag : motile animals -- Velocity gradients -- Making and using vortices -- Lift, airfoils, gliding, and soaring -- The thrust of flying and swimming -- Flows within pipes and other structures -- Internal flows in organisms -- Flow at very low Reynolds numbers -- Unsteady flows -- Flow at fluid-fluid Interfaces -- Do it yourself
Summary Both a landmark text and reference book, Steven Vogel's Life in Moving Fluids has also played a catalytic role in research involving the applications of fluid mechanics to biology. In this revised edition, Vogel continues to combine humor and clear explanations as he addresses biologists and general readers interested in biological fluid mechanics, offering updates on the field over the last dozen years and expanding the coverage of the biological literature. His discussion of the relationship between fluid flow and biological design now includes sections on jet propulsion, biological pumps, swimming, blood flow, and surface waves, and on acceleration reaction and Murray's law. This edition contains an extensive bibliography for readers interested in designing their own experiments
Analysis Biophysics
vloeistofmechanica
fluid mechanics
biologie
biology
stroming
flow
experimenten
experiments
Biology (General)
Fluid Mechanics
Biologie (algemeen)
Vloeistofmechanica
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-440) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2023)
Subject Fluid mechanics.
Biophysics.
Biophysics
Biophysics
Biomechanical Phenomena
Body Fluids -- physiology
Movement -- physiology
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
Biophysics
Fluid mechanics
Organismen.
Stroming (algemeen, natuurkunde)
Water.
Fluid mechanics.
Fluides, Mécanique des.
Biophysique.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021698816
ISBN 9780691212975
069121297X