Abstract

Why do most fish swim with a relatively constant tail-beat amplitude of approximately 20% of their body length while their speed is linearly correlated with their tail-beat flapping frequency? Scaling analysis and experiments show that this behavior is rooted in minimizing input power for swimming.

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