Table 2. BLF3 simulation inputs – fin whales.
Lbody (m)† | L0 (m)† | Ljaw (m)† | whead (m)† | Mc (kg)† | Abody (m2)† | Vc(0) (m/s)† | Fthrust (N) | kopen |
10.0 | 4.99 | 1.59 | 0.93 | 6853 | 1.02 | 1.45 | 1044 | 14.0 |
13.5 | 7.07 | 2.35 | 1.34 | 15 595 | 2.31 | 2.00 | 1852 | 11.7 |
17.7 | 9.68 | 3.32 | 1.86 | 32 758 | 4.84 | 2.63 | 3108 | 10.0 |
18.5 | 10.19 | 3.52 | 1.96 | 36 976 | 5.45 | 2.75 | 3382 | 9.7 |
20.2 (average length) | 11.29 | 3.95 | 2.18 | 47 047 | 6.93 | 3.00 | 4000 | 9.1 |
22.7 | 12.92 | 4.59 | 2.51 | 64 770 | 9.52 | 3.37 | 4999 | 8.5 |
24.0 | 13.78 | 4.93 | 2.68 | 75 448 | 11.07 | 3.56 | 5560 | 8.2 |
References 24, 39, 55–62.
Inputs applying to all body lengths: ρw = 1025 kg/m3, dt = 0.01 s, θgapemax = 78°, kam = 0.2, kopen/kclose = 1.82, CDopen = 0.5, CDclose = 0.5, CDbody = 0.05, Xjd = 1.2, Γ = 1.2, Vw(0) = 0 m/s, χ = 1.0, φ = 1.6 (0≤ t ≤0.66 topen), φ = 0.0 (0.66 topen < t ≤ tengulf). hsync is computed from Fsync/Xjd = (θgapemax/Γ) sin θgapemax Ljaw/(L0 - Ljaw) (Potvin et al [27]).