Date: 03/12/09

Speaker: G. Tokic

Title: Optimization of fish swimming

Abstract:
The understanding of hydrodynamics of fish swimming has been greatly
improved in a last decade or so. However, most of the studies focus on
solving the hydrodynamics of swimming, given the shape and motion of
the fish. In this talk, I will lay out the general approach using
which we will be able to deduce what shape and motion would be
preferred by natural selection. The concept of multi-objective
optimization will be explained. Simple hydrodynamical, structural and
morphological models which are building blocks of the theory will be
introduced and explained. Finally, some results will be shown.