Aerodynamics of intermittent bounds in flying birds

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 963-973

  Tobalske, Bret W ^a   Hearn, Jason W D ^b   Warrick, Douglas R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; BODY ANGLES; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; FLAPPING FLIGHTS; FLIGHT VELOCITIES; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; FORWARD FLIGHTS; INDUCED VELOCITIES; LIFT AND DRAGS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MEASURED PROPERTIES; MINIMUM VALUES; PARTICLE-IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SAGITTAL PLANES; TAIL LENGTHS; VARIABLE-SPEED; WAKE STRUCTURES;

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; WAKES;

WINGS;

EID: 67349211446     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0614-9     Document Type: Article

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