Wake structure and kinematics in two insectivorous bats

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1704, 2016, Pages

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

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Design Innovation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat flight; Flapping flight; Wake structure

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECTIVORY; KINEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREY CAPTURE; VIDEOGRAPHY; VORTEX; WING MORPHOLOGY;

HEXAPODA; MYOTIS VELIFER; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BAT; BIOMECHANICS; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; WING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHIROPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; RHEOLOGY; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84982231265     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0385     Document Type: Article

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