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| ID | 399 |
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| First Name | Tyler |
| Last Name | Skorczewski |
| Institution | Cornell College |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Toward an integrative model of suction feeding using the immersed boundary method |
| Abstract | Suction feeding is among the most common forms of aquatic prey capture. During a suction feeding strike a fish rapidly opens its mouth creating a fluid flow that draws in the prey. This is an example of indirect prey capture; the fish does not directly manipulate the prey, but rather the fluid flow around the prey. Previous studies of suction feeding have either studied jaw mechanics or the flow field in isolation, or have only considered rigid jaw motions (think of a fish mouth as a collection of metal plates). In this talk I will describe work in progress to develop a new methodology to study fish suction feeding that relaxes some of these conditions. In particular we will allow for more realistic flexible jaws and examine how the kinematics of the jaw motion affects the resultant flow field and subsequent prey capture. |
| Subject area(s) | math biology, fluid dynamics |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | FridayMild |
| Computer Needed? | N |
| Bringing a laptop? | Y |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
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| Date Submitted | 09/30/2014 |
| Year | 2014 |