Propulsive force calculations in swimming frogs II. Application of a vortex ring model to DPIV data

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1445-1451

  Stamhuis, Eize J ^a   Nauwelaerts, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DPIV; Frog; Rana esculenta; Swimming; Thrust force; Vortex ring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FROG; HINDLIMB; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BIOMECHANICS; HINDLIMB; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANA ESCULENTA; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 18944389165     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01530     Document Type: Article

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