The three-dimensional shape of serrations at barn owl wings: Towards a typical natural serration as a role model for biomimetic applications

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Bachmann, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Hermann ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Airflow; Feather; Flight; Serration; Transition

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FEATHER; FORELIMB; GEOMETRY; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; STRIGIFORMES; WING;

TYTONIDAE;

EID: 79960091206     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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