Effects of Body Cross-sectional Shape on Flying Snake Aerodynamics

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1335-1348

  Miklasz, K ^a,c   LaBarbera, M ^a   Chen, X ^b   Socha, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Animal locomotion; Flight; Gliding; Snake

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ANGLES OF ATTACK; ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; BODY SEGMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; EDGE SHARPNESS; FLIGHT; GLIDING; LIFT FORCE; LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIO; PHYSICAL MODEL; SHAPE CHANGE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SNAKE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL APPROXIMATION;

ANIMALS; DRAG; MODELS;

LIFT DRAG RATIO;

EID: 78650183210     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-010-9351-5     Document Type: Article

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