Frequency tuning in animal locomotion

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-53

  Ahlborn, Boye K ^a   Blake, Robert W ^a   Megill, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damping; Elastic energy; Gravitational energy; Locomotion frequency tuning; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 31344465717     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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