Changes in kinematics and aerodynamics over a range of speeds in Tadarida brasiliensis, the Brazilian free-tailed bat

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 71, 2012, Pages 1120-1130

  Hubel, Tatjana Y ^a   Hristov, Nickolay I ^b   Swartz, Sharon M ^c,d   Breuer, Kenneth S ^c,d  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Design Innovation   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bat; Flight; Wake structure

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; WAKES;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BAT; FLIGHT; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; WAKE STRUCTURES;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; VELOCITY;

APUS APUS; AVES; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84862071348     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0838     Document Type: Article

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