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physics.bio-ph2017★ 9 cited
Dynamics and locomotion of flexible foils in a frictional environment
Xiaolin Wang, Silas Alben
Over the past few decades, oscillating flexible foils have been used to study the physics of organismal propulsion in different fluid environments. Here we extend this work to a st…
physics.bio-ph2013★ 14 cited
Optimizing snake locomotion on an inclined plane
Xiaolin Wang, Matthew T. Osborne, Silas Alben
We develop a model to study the locomotion of snakes on an inclined plane. We determine numerically which snake motions are optimal for two retrograde traveling-wave body shapes---…