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SUBMITTER: Becker AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4600734 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Becker Alexander D AD Masoud Hassan H Newbolt Joel W JW Shelley Michael M Ristroph Leif L
Nature communications 20151006
Fish schools and bird flocks are fascinating examples of collective behaviours in which many individuals generate and interact with complex flows. Motivated by animal groups on the move, here we explore how the locomotion of many bodies emerges from their flow-mediated interactions. Through experiments and simulations of arrays of flapping wings that propel within a collective wake, we discover distinct modes characterized by the group swimming speed and the spatial phase shift between trajector ...[more]