Body-induced vortical flows: A common mechanism for self-corrective trimming control in boxfishes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-344

  Bartol, Ian K ^a   Gharib, Morteza ^b   Webb, Paul W ^c   Weihs, Daniel ^d   Gordon, Malcolm S ^e  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxfish; Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV); Leading edge vortices (LEV); Pitch; Pressure; Stability; Vortex; Yaw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ACANTHOSTRACION QUADRICORNIS; BUBALUS; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; LACTOPHRYS TRICORNIS; LACTOPHRYS TRIGONUS; LACTOPHRYS TRIQUETER; OSTRACIIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 14644403675     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01356     Document Type: Article

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