Focus Session: Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion

Presentations

• Comparing flight strategies in species of fruit flies

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 7:00 AM – March 10, 2008, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • Itai Cohen

    • Physics - Cornell University
    • Cornell University

  • Leif Ristroph

    • Cornell University

  • Gordon Berman

    • Cornell University

  • Z. Jane Wang

    • Cornell Univeristy

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• Flow-induced attraction of swimming microorganisms by surfaces

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 7:12 AM – March 10, 2008, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • Eric Lauga

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Allison Berke

    • MIT

  • Linda Turner

  • Howard Berg

    • Rowland Institute and Harvard University

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• Effects of hydrodynamic interactions in bacterial swimming.

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 7:24 AM – March 10, 2008, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • Suddhashil Chattopadhyay

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Xiao Lun Wu

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• Lagrangian studies of animal swimming and aquatic predator-prey interactions

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 10, 2008, 7:36 AM – March 10, 2008, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • John Dabiri

    • California Institute of Technology

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• Shape transformations and propulsion due to an elastic filament rotating in a viscous fluid

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 8:12 AM – March 10, 2008, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Bian Qian

    • Brown University

  • Thomas Powers

    • Division of Engineering, Box D, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
    • Division of Engineering, Brown University
    • Brown University

  • Kenny Breuer

    • Brown University

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• Propulsion by directional adhesion

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 8:24 AM – March 10, 2008, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • John Bush

    • MIT

  • Manu Prakash

    • MIT

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• The role of the ventral pedal waves in the locomotion of terrestrial gastropods

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 8:36 AM – March 10, 2008, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Janice Lai

    • University of California San Diego

  • Robert D. Shepherd

    • University of California San Diego

  • Juan C. del Alamo

    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego

  • Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez

    • University of California San Diego

  • Juan C. Lasheras

    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego

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• Flying, swimming and fluttering in 3D: potential flow around a rectangular deformable plate

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 8:48 AM – March 10, 2008, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Christophe Eloy

    • IRPHE, Marseille, France

  • Lionel Schouveiler

    • IRPHE, Marseille, France

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• Symmetry breaking in gastropod locomotion through acceleration or deceleration of the pedal waves

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 9:00 AM – March 10, 2008, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Juan C. del Alamo

    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego

  • Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez

    • University of California San Diego

  • Janice Lai

    • University of California San Diego

  • Robert D. Shepherd

    • University of California San Diego

  • Juan C. Lasheras

    • University of California, San Diego
    • University of California San Diego

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• The unsteady flow over a bat wing in mid-downstroke.

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 9:12 AM – March 10, 2008, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Florian Muijres

    • Lund University

  • Christoffer Johansson

    • Lund University

  • Ryan Barfield

    • Lund University

  • Marta Wolf

    • Lund University

  • Geoffrey Spedding

    • University of Southern California

  • Anders Hedenstrom

    • Lund University

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• Mechanics of Mammalian Swimming

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 9:24 AM – March 10, 2008, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Timothy Wei

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Paul Legac

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Frank Fish

    • West Chester University

  • Terrie Williams

    • University of California - Santa Cruz

  • Russell Mark

    • USA Swimming

  • Sean Hutchison

    • King Aquatics

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• Synchronization and hydrodynamic interactions

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 9:36 AM – March 10, 2008, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Thomas Powers

    • Division of Engineering, Box D, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
    • Division of Engineering, Brown University
    • Brown University

  • Bian Qian

    • Division of Engineering, Brown University

  • Kenneth Breuer

    • Division of Engineering, Brown University

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• An experimental and numerical study of fluid flow generated by a single nodal cilium

  ORAL

  March 10, 2008, 9:48 AM – March 10, 2008, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Xingzhou Yang

    • Center for Computational Science, Tulane University

  • Lisa Fauci

    • Tulane University
    • Department of Mathematics, Tulane University

  • Arshad Kudrolli

    • Department of Physics, Clark University
    • Clark University
    • Department of Physics, Clark University, Worcester, MA

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