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SUMMARY:MechE Colloquium: Undulatory swimmers in nature and in the laborat
 ory
DTSTART:20190521T121500
DTEND:20190521T131500
DTSTAMP:20260428T051509Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Ramiro Godoy-Diana\, ESPCI\nAbstract:\nSwimmers in natur
 e use body undulations to generate propulsive and manoeuvring forces. The 
 body shape of the swimmer and its motion kinematics act in concert to dete
 rmine these forces and the associated energy expenditure. I will present o
 ur recent work on the fluid-structure interaction problem that underlies t
 hese questions\, using a flexible thin plate as a minimal model of bio-ins
 pired undulatory swimmer. In a second part of the talk I will discuss the 
 problem of collective dynamics that we have explored using experiments wit
 h real fish.\n \nBio:\nDr. Godoy-Diana is a CNRS research scientist at th
 e Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes laboratory (PMMH) at E
 SPCI in Paris\, France. Physical engineer from the Tec de Monterrey (Méxi
 co\, 1994)\, he holds a Master in Physics from the UNAM (México\, 1999) a
 nd a PhD in fluid dynamics from École Polytechnique (France\, 2004). His 
 experimental fluid dynamics work has included research on ocean wave energ
 y\, geophysical fluid dynamics\, wake instabilities\, fluid-structure inte
 raction and bio-inspired propulsion. He co-heads the Biomimetics and fluid
 -structure interaction group at PMMH.
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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