Ear-body lift and a novel thrust generating mechanism revealed by the complex wake of brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Johansson, L Christoffer ^a   Håkansson, Jonas ^a   Jakobsen, Lasse ^b   Hedenstrom, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; EAR; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; WING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHIROPTERA; EAR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84964589356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24886     Document Type: Article

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