Fluid dynamics
of animal locomotion: Reserve book list
General fluid dynamics:
1. Acheson, D.J. Elementary Fluid Dynamics
Well-written
basic text emphasizing incompressible fluids.
2. Batchelor, G.K. Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
A
classic text , again emphasizing incompressible flow.
3. Lighthill, M.J. An Informal Introduction
to Theoretical Fluid Mechanics
An
unusual treatment of selected topics in incompressible flow, with
some
discussion of animal locomotion.
4. Meyer, Richard E. Introduction to Mathematical
Fluid Dynamics
The
brief text emphasizes mathematical rigour as well as the physical ideas.
5. Saffman, P.G. Vortex Dynamics
A
good reference for vortex kinematics and dynamics.
Mathematical aspects of animal locomotion:
These monographs emphasize fluid analysis of locomotion
problems.
1. Blake, R.W. Fish Locomotion
2. Childress, S. Mechanics of Swimming and Flying
3. Lighthill, M.J. Biofluiddynamics
Biophysical aspects of animal locomotion:
Written for the biophysicist as well as the general
reader, the emphasis is on the biology and
the physical principles involved in problems of locomotion
both in and out of fluids.
1. Alexander, David Nature's flyers:
Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flying
2. Alexander, R. McNeil Principles of Animal
locomotion
3. Dudley, Robert The Biomechanics of Insect
Flight
4. Gray, J. Animal Locomotion
4. Vogel, Steven Life in Movibng Fluids
Conferences:
1. Pedley, T.J. (Ed.) Scale Effects in Animal Locomotion
2. Wu, T. Y.-T. Brokaw, C.J., and Brennen, C. (Eds.)
Swimming and Flying in Nature,
Vols. 1 and 2