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Boxfish swimming paradox resolved: forces by the flow of water around the body promote manoeuvrability
Van Wassenbergh, S.; van Manen, K.; Marcroft, T.; Alfaro, M.; Stamhuis, E. (2015). Boxfish swimming paradox resolved: forces by the flow of water around the body promote manoeuvrability. J. R. Soc. Interface 12(103): 11 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.1146
In: Journal of the Royal Society. Interface. The Royal Society: London. ISSN 1742-5689; e-ISSN 1742-5662, meer
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Ostraciidae Rafinesque, 1810 [WoRMS]
Marien/Kust |
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boxfish; hydrodynamics; manoeuvrability; course stability; swimming;drag force |
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- Van Wassenbergh, S., meer
- van Manen, K.
- Marcroft, T.
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| Abstract |
The shape of the carapace protecting the body of boxfishes has been attributed an important hydrodynamic role in drag reduction and in providing automatic, flow-direction realignment and is therefore used in bioinspired design of cars. However, tight swimming-course stabilization is paradoxical given the frequent, high-performance manoeuvring that boxfishes display in their spatially complex, coral reef territories. Here, by performing flow-tank measurements of hydrodynamic drag and yaw moments together with computational fluid dynamics simulations, we reverse several assumptions about the hydrodynamic role of the boxfish carapace. Firstly, despite serving as a model system in aerodynamic design, drag-reduction performance was relatively low compared with more generalized fish morphologies. Secondly, the current theory of course stabilization owing to flow over the boxfish carapace was rejected, as destabilizing moments were found consistently. This solves the boxfish swimming paradox: destabilizing moments enhance manoeuvrability, which is in accordance with the ecological demands for efficient turning and tilting. |
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