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The 61 pages that link to Hydrodynamics, each with the reason it gives.

• Lateral lineNarrower topic: The sensory system detects flow patterns shaped by hydrodynamic forces.

• AerodynamicsCompared with: It shares fluid-mechanical foundations but focuses on liquids rather than gases.

• Aquatic locomotionRelated: It describes the water forces acting on moving organisms.

• Pectoral finRelated: Water pressure and flow explain how a pectoral fin produces thrust and lift.

• Suction feedingNarrower topic: Water flow around the mouth governs how prey accelerates toward it.

• Fish locomotionNarrower topic: Water flow around a swimming fish determines its drag and generated thrust.

• SwimmingNarrower topic: Water resistance and flow around the body shape swimming speed and technique.

• Caudal finNarrower topic: Water flow around the fin determines its lift, drag, and thrust.

• Functional morphologyRelated: It explains how body shape affects movement through water and air.

• PinnipedNarrower topic: Streamlined bodies and flippers shape how pinnipeds move through water.

• Divergence theoremRelated: It relates net fluid flow across a boundary to sources or sinks inside.

• PlesiosauriaNarrower topic: Hydrodynamic principles help explain how plesiosaur flippers moved through water.

• HydrostaticsCompared with: It is the liquid-flow counterpart to the stationary-fluid problems of hydrostatics.

• Undulatory locomotionNarrower topic: In water, the moving body transfers momentum to fluid to produce thrust.

• FlipperNarrower topic: Fluid forces explain how flipper shape and movement produce swimming force.

• Alexander FriedmannRelated: Friedmann’s research included fluid dynamics as well as relativity and cosmology.

• AnomalocarisRelated: Its flexible flaps and streamlined body can be understood through water flow and thrust.

• Benthic locomotionRelated: Water resistance and currents affect animals moving close to the bottom.

• Plesiosaur locomotionNarrower topic: Fluid forces explain how flipper shape and motion could produce thrust and lift.

• Open water swimmingNarrower topic: Water resistance and flow explain why currents and swimmer position affect speed.

• Crocodilian locomotionRelated: Water resistance and body shape constrain how crocodilians swim efficiently.

• Stellar dynamicsCompared with: Gas dynamics can dominate where stellar systems also contain substantial interstellar material.

• Paired finsRelated: Water resistance and lift determine how fin movements change a fish’s course.

• TailRelated: Water flow around a moving tail determines how effectively it produces thrust.

• Cetacean locomotionNarrower topic: It describes the fluid forces acting on swimming cetaceans.

• Jean le Rond d’AlembertRelated: His investigations of fluid resistance brought him into debates about moving bodies in fluids.

• SpinosaurusRelated: Models of its tail and limbs test how effectively it could swim.

• Coarse-grainingNarrower topic: Hydrodynamic fields summarize microscopic motion into a small set of large-scale variables.

• PlesiosaurusRelated: Fluid forces help explain the performance and limits of Plesiosaurus’s body and paddles.

• Cat's Eye NebulaNarrower topic: Fluid instabilities help explain the nebula's intricate filaments and knots.

• PortunidaeRelated: Water resistance shapes how paddle legs and body form affect swimming.

• River dolphinRelated: River currents and shallow channels shape the dolphins’ swimming and maneuvering.

• Vilhelm BjerknesRelated: Bjerknes drew on fluid dynamics to frame the atmosphere as a system governed by physical laws.

• Wing-propelled divingNarrower topic: Water’s density and viscosity determine the forces acting on wings and bodies during dives.

• Hammerhead sharkRelated: The cephalofoil affects lift, drag, and turning while the shark swims.

• LiopleurodonRelated: Water resistance constrained the shape and swimming performance of a massive marine reptile.

• MesosaurusRelated: Streamlining helps explain how Mesosaurus's body shape reduced resistance in water.

• ArchelonNarrower topic: Streamlining and drag shaped the swimming demands on Archelon's large body.

• JaekelopterusRelated: Water flow shaped the swimming demands faced by a large aquatic arthropod.

• SeaplaneNarrower topic: Water resistance and lift shape how a seaplane accelerates and rises onto the surface.

• ShonisaurusRelated: Water resistance constrained the shape and swimming performance of a giant animal.

• Water slideNarrower topic: Water flow across the flume affects drag, lubrication, and ride behavior.

• Whirligig beetleNarrower topic: Its streamlined body and paddle-like legs move through water with little resistance.

• Aquatic animalNarrower topic: Water resistance shapes the bodies and swimming strategies of aquatic animals.

• ChampsosaurusRelated: Its streamlined body and tapered snout reduced resistance as it moved through water.

• DiplocaulusRelated: One hypothesis proposes that Diplocaulus’s broad skull helped it move through water by generating lift.

• Helmholtz's theoremsNarrower topic: Helmholtz's results belong to the mathematical foundations of fluid motion.

• OoliteNarrower topic: Fluid motion helps determine whether ooids roll, grow, or settle.

• Swim briefsRelated: A close fit can reduce fabric drag compared with loose swim shorts.

• Swim finNarrower topic: A fin gains thrust by pushing water backward, while water resistance opposes its motion.