Like a slice of pizza, a curvature could give fish fins their strength
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 10:02
in Earth & Climate
Pizza enthusiasts know well that a simple u-shaped curvature at the crust can keep a thin slice from drooping over when lifted from a plate. A team of engineers from Brown University has shown that fish may take advantage of roughly the same dynamics to stiffen their fins for swimming.