@Article{sl.2010.004.031,
AUTHOR = {Y. Zhao, K.S. Yeo, P. Yu, S.J. Ang},
TITLE = {Simulation of C-Start and S-Start of Fishes by an ALE-GFD Method and a Curvature-Wave Backbone Model},
JOURNAL = {Structural Longevity},
VOLUME = {4},
YEAR = {2010},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {31--38},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/sl/v4n1/42708},
ISSN = {1944-6128},
ABSTRACT = {This paper presents the application of an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) based Generalized Finite
Difference (GFD) method to simulate the C- and S-starts of a carangiform-type fish.
The numerical model incorporate fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and computation
is carried out on a hybrid grid comprising meshfree nodes around the undulating/deforming swimming fish and Cartesian nodes in the background. The meshfree nodes convect with the deformation and motion of the swimmer. A curvaturewave model of the backbone is used to generate the C- and S-start actions of the fish
from the experimental data of Spierts and Leeuwen (1999). The curvature model
provides a power tool to describe complex deformations of the fish backbone. The
present study is probably the first to apply a curvature approach to reproduce the
elegant and realistic manoeuvring kinematic actions of a carangiform-type fish.},
DOI = {10.3970/sl.2010.004.031}
}