A Depiction of An Optimal School of Swimmers (VIDEO)
Caption
A video of an optimal school of swimmers in terms of speed and energy savings: a diamond-shaped lattice arrangement in which each fish has one direct upstream neighbor as well as two neighbors upstream and somewhat displaced to each side. The swimmers here are represented as wings that flap up and down and swim right to left. The plus and minus signs refer to the sense of rotation of the vortices or swirls that are generated by each swimmer. Each swimmer can be seen to slalom through the vortices left by its neighbors.
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Courtesy of Anand Oza, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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