Biological and Bio-Inspired Fluid Dynamics

Dear Colleagues,

Fluids are key for sustaining biological life. The complex and often counterintuitive fluid dynamics of animal world has been a constant source of inspiration for researchers and engineers in the pursuit of a better understanding of biology and of building novel devices and machines that can effectively replicate the behavior and function of animals. Among many others, examples of such systems include different modes of aquatic locomotion, flapping flight, flocking and swarming of animals, transport by flagella and cilia, sensory functions of the fish lateral line, hemodynamics, and flow in circulatory systems. Studies of these and other biological systems open new and exciting opportunities for harnessing approaches and strategies from biology to solve engineering problems.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect contributions that report on recent progress in biological and bio-inspired fluid dynamics. We invite theoretical, computational, and experimental studies that focus on fundamental and applied aspects of fluid flows in biological and bio-inspired systems and emphasize the diversity of their applications to designing novel biomimetic devices and machines.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Alexeev
Guest Editor

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