Hydrodynamics of the bluegill sunfish C-start escape response: Three-dimensional simulations and comparison with experimental data

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 671-684

  Borazjani, Iman ^a   Sotiropoulos, Fotis ^b   Tytell, Eric D ^c,e   Lauder, George V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluegill sunfish; C start; Escape; Hydrodynamics; Numerical simulation; Rapid start

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCAPE REACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCIFORMES; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 84856527758     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.063016     Document Type: Article

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