The aerodynamic cost of flight in the short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata): Comparing theory with measurement

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 95, 2014, Pages

  Von Busse, Rhea ^a   Waldman, Rye M ^b   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Voigt, Christian C ^c,d   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Bats; Flight; Particle image velocimetry; Power

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORECASTING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC THEORY; BATS; FLIGHT; INTERPOLATION METHOD; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; POWER; STEREO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

AERODYNAMICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGY; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLIGHT; FLYING; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PREDICTION; THEORY; VELOCITY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901422002     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0147     Document Type: Article

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