Experimental simulation of the thrust phases of fast-start swimming of fish

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2301-2312

  Ahlborn, B ^a   Chapman, S ^a   Stafford, R ^a   Blake, R W ^a   Harper, D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast stan; Fish; Momentum; Swimming; Thrust; Vortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030841432     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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