Aerodynamic characteristics of flying fish in gliding flight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3269-3279

  Park, Hyungmin ^a,b   Choi, Haecheon ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drag; Flying fish; Gliding; Ground effect; Lift; Stability; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELONIFORMES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

AIR; ANIMALS; BELONIFORMES; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING; WING;

AIX; AVES; EXOCOETIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956791478     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046052     Document Type: Article

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