A computational model for estimating the mechanics of horizontal flapping flight in bats: Model description and validation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 2873-2898

  Watts, Philip ^a   Mitchell, Erika J ^a   Swartz, Sharon M ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bat; Chiroptera; Computational modelling; Flight; Pteropus poliocephalus; Wing mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WING;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CHIROPTERA; POLIOCEPHALUS; POLIOCEPHALUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0035746028     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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