How to perform measurements in a hovering animal's wake: Physical modelling of the vortex wake of the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1437, 2003, Pages 1559-1566

  Tytell, Eric D ^a,b   Ellington, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Particle image velocimetry; Turbulence; Vortex ring evolution; Vortex wake

Indexed keywords

MOTH;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0141703207     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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