Tomographic particle image velocimetry of desert locust wakes: Instantaneous volumes combine to reveal hidden vortex elements and rapid wake deformation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 77, 2012, Pages 3378-3386

  Bomphrey, Richard J ^a   Henningsson, Per ^a   Michaelis, Dirk ^b   Hollis, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LAVISION GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Biomechanics; Biomimetics; Flight; Locust; Particle Image Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

A-PLANE; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; FLIGHT; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; ISO SURFACE; LOCUST; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; QUANTITATIVE FLOW VISUALIZATION; RECENT PROGRESS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TOMOGRAPHIC; VOLUMETRIC FLOW; WAKE DEFORMATION;

AERODYNAMICS;

ACRIDIDAE; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLYING; FORCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHIC PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

EID: 84868522316     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0418     Document Type: Article

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