In-flight wing-membrane strain measurements on bats

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 437-445

  Albertani, Roberto ^a   Hubel, Tatjana ^b   Swartz, Sharon M ^c   Breuer, Kenneth S ^b   Evers, Johnny ^d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANES; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

BROWN UNIVERSITY; DYNAMIC STRAIN MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; POST PROCESSING; REFERENCE STATE; SURFACE MEMBRANES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLACEMENTS;

WINGS;

EID: 82255180767     PISSN: 21915644     EISSN: 21915652     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9792-0_68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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