High-speed stereo DPIV measurement of wakes of two bat species flying freely in a wind tunnel

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 923-932

  Hedenström, Anders ^a   Muijres, F T ^a   Von Busse, R ^b   Johansson, L C ^a   Winter, Y ^b   Spedding, G R ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D IMAGING; 3D CONSTRUCTIONS; BODY SIZES; DOWNSTROKE; FRAME RATES; HIGH-SPEED; ISO-SURFACES; LIFT COEFFICIENTS; LOW REPETITION RATES; LUND UNIVERSITIES; REPETITION RATES; TAYLOR HYPOTHESIS; TIP VORTICES; UNSTEADY PHENOMENON; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VORTEX LOOPS; WIND-TUNNEL FACILITIES; WING SECTIONS; WING SPANS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GAS DYNAMICS; MAMMALS; SHIP MODEL TANKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND TUNNELS;

WAKES;

EID: 67349228046     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0634-5     Document Type: Article

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