Research Article
Shape of Aquatic Animals and Their Swimming Efficiency
Table 2
The volumetric Reynolds number and the capacity-efficiency factor (W/kg) for different animals and submarines based on formula (15) and the maximum velocity, mass, and viscosity data. The following sources of the primal information were used: Dickson et al. [27] for Green jack Caranx caballus; Deslauriers and Kieffer [28] for juvenile Shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum; other primal data about maximum velocity , the mass , and the water kinematic viscosity coefficient is added by authors with the use of the Internet (e.g., http://www.speedofanimals.com/animals/bottlenose_dolphin).
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