The hydrodynamics of water-walking arthropods

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 644, Issue , 2010, Pages 5-33

  Hu, David L ^a,b   Bush, John W M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION; SPEED; VIDEO RECORDING; WATERPROOFING;

CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM; HIGH SPEED VIDEOGRAPHY; SUB-SURFACE VORTICES; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; WATER REPELLENTS; WATER-WALKING INSECTS;

WETTING;

ARTHROPOD; CAPILLARY WAVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOMENTUM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIDEOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; WAKE; WALKING; WATER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952392838     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009992205     Document Type: Article

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