The management of fluid and wave resistances by whirligig beetles

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 343-352

  Voise, Jonathan ^a   Casas, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Capillarity waves; Gyrinidae Gyrinus substriatus; Leg kinematics; Locomotion; Movement

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIPED LOCOMOTION; CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; PROPULSION; SPEED; SURFACE WAVES;

AIR WATER INTERFACES; AIR-WATER INTERFACE; AQUATIC INSECTS; AT-SPEED; COLEOPTERA; FLUID RESISTANCE; GYRINIDAE GYRINUS SUBSTRIATUS; HIGH-SPEED; LOW RESISTANCE; LOW SPEED; PROPULSION SYSTEM; RESISTANCE FORCE; SPEED PATTERNS; SWIMMING SPEED; UPPER LIMITS; WATER SURFACE; WAVE RESISTANCE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AIR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING;

COLEOPTERA; GYRINIDAE; GYRINUS SUBSTRIATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 74049162875     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0210     Document Type: Article

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