Filename | Size |
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Fish_COMSOL_52a_a.mph | 6.7 MB |
Fish_COMSOL_52a_b.mph | 6.7 MB |
Fish_COMSOL_53_a.mph | 4.2 MB |
Fish_COMSOL_53_b.mph | 3.8 MB |
Fish_COMSOL_53a_light.mph | 3.2 MB |
Download all files (Zip-archive) | ~ 19.6 MB |
Simulations of Fish Swimming
Michele Curatolo, Luciano Teresi, Roma Tre University
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We submit two different COMSOL5.2a models which simulate the swimming of a fish, specifically, the carangiform swimming in a virtual aquarium. The flexural motion of the fish is obtained by using a time-dependent field of distortions, meant to represent the action of fish muscles. Both models make use of both the moving mesh technique and the remeshing feature, and require about 10 Gb of RAM, and more than a day to run. The models are not yet solved (to avoid huge file upload), but are ready to run.
The principal differences between the two models are in the geometry and the activation law for the fish muscles. The model Fish_COMSOL_a.mph is more indicated for robotics applications and runs about for 30 hours, while simulation of Fish_COMSOL_b.mph is more indicated for biology studies and runs for about 50 hours.
It is possible to change the final time of simulation so to have shorter run times, or choose coarser mesh (Remark: fish swimming direction may change with a coarser mesh).
UPDATE: We uploaded the files using the new version of COMSOL. We also submit a new file: Fish_COMSOL53_a_light.mph with a coarser mesh to run faster simulations (computation time ~ 4 hours) but do not trust in the final result.
Further details in:
M. Curatolo, L. Teresi.
Modeling and Simulation of Fish Swimming with Active Muscles. Journal of Theoretical Biology, (2016).
Doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.08.025
https://www.comsol.com/blogs/studying-the-swimming-patterns-of-fish-with-simulation/
User Comments
尘尘 Mar 5, 2017 at 2:05pm UTC |
good job! |
Trevor Munroe Mar 8, 2017 at 5:54pm UTC |
I was very impressed when I read the blog that described this work. I am looking forward to take a closer look at your models. Thanks. |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter Apr 28, 2017 at 1:50am UTC |
Thanks! |
Enrique Isaza Apr 29, 2017 at 5:23pm UTC |
incredible work. Amazing model configuration |
Jun 22, 2017 at 12:42pm UTC |
very good job! Thanks! |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter Jul 6, 2017 at 3:38am UTC |
Thank you! |
Jul 10, 2017 at 7:43am UTC |
winderfull |
Jul 11, 2017 at 2:37am UTC |
I's so sad that my comsol can not work the fish-download,because the version is 5.2. |
Jul 19, 2017 at 1:10am UTC |
i am impressed by the model,it give me a chance to the mgaic of the simulation skill and arise my interest to devote my time to do this |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter Jul 22, 2017 at 1:46pm UTC |
Thanks everyone for your good comments! I hope you will enjoy the model and possibly improve it! |
Aug 26, 2017 at 7:29am UTC |
perfect |
photoon Aug 30, 2017 at 4:04am UTC |
Can I use them directly with 5.3? It seems don't work. |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter Sep 6, 2017 at 8:14am UTC |
@photoon We uploaded the files also with the version COMSOL 53. They both worked for me. |
photoon Sep 14, 2017 at 6:23pm UTC |
The original code worked and it took more than 3 days. After then, it never succeeded due to memory shortage. My computer with 32GB RAM seems not good enough. Anyhow, the code is great. |
Sep 17, 2017 at 10:34am UTC |
This is nice study. Can you upload the Comsol, 5.2 file. |
photoon Sep 22, 2017 at 8:26pm UTC |
I tried lighter version and it seems working well with two and half hours. I wonder whether you can also do that for 5.3b |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter Sep 24, 2017 at 1:24pm UTC |
@photoon You can write me a private email for the file; there is no enough space to upload another model on the web. |
Dec 19, 2017 at 12:33pm UTC |
quite intriguing and impressive, thanks for your sharing. |
Jan 2, 2018 at 1:42pm UTC |
It's interesting! |
Jan 16, 2018 at 1:50pm UTC |
Thanks! |
Heng huang Lio tesekemato May 15, 2018 at 7:08pm UTC |
It's prefect |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter May 19, 2018 at 1:59pm UTC |
Thanks everyone! |
Jul 24, 2018 at 4:35am UTC |
It is amazing research. I have a question. Where is the moving mesh applied? According to your description, both moving mesh and re-mesh technologies are employed. However, I just see the later in solver. |
Aug 1, 2018 at 7:30am UTC |
It is a very amazing job!!! Thanks for your sharing. |
Sep 1, 2018 at 2:07pm UTC |
Good job, Thanks! |
Jul 15, 2019 at 2:07am UTC |
Perfect project! |
May 16, 2022 at 12:51am UTC |
Great job! thanks for sharing!! |
Sep 25, 2022 at 6:26am UTC |
great and funny model |
M. Curatolo Entry submitter Feb 7, 2023 at 8:24pm UTC |
Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Don't forget to cite our works on this topic: |
May 29, 2023 at 12:01pm UTC |
@M. Curatolo |
Nov 21, 2023 at 8:18am UTC |
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Dec 25, 2023 at 7:30am UTC |
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Apr 18, 2024 at 12:58pm UTC |
perfect |
Jul 2, 2024 at 12:50am UTC |
@M. Curatolo |
Nov 26, 2024 at 2:10pm UTC |
It is amazing research! But I can't download from this page due to some network issues. Could you please send me the source files? Thank you very much ! |
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