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What Can Jellyfish Teach Us About Fluid Dynamics?

Fluid Dynamics, Biology and podcast with John Dabiri

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John Dabiri explains how swimming jellyfish reveal efficient ways to manipulate fluid flow. The discussion connects their movement with engineering questions ranging from submarine propulsion and wind-turbine placement to circulation in the human heart, showing how biological observation can inform fluid mechanics.

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swimming jellyfishfluid flowsubmarine propulsionwind-turbine placementFluid Mechanicsbiological observation