Fluid dynamics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse: Three-dimensional unsteady computations with fin deformation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2997-3008

  Ramamurti, Ravi ^a   Sandberg, William C ^a   Löhner, Rainald ^a   Walker, Jeffrey A ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird wrasse; Deforming fin; Fin kinematics; Flapping aquatic flight; Gomphosus varius; Unsteady flow; Unstructured mesh

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; FISH; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; FISHES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GOMPHOSUS; GOMPHOSUS VARIUS; PISCES;

EID: 0036795636     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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