Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "force"
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Contractile properties of the pigeon supracoracoideus during different modes of flight
(The Company of Biologists, 2008)The supracoracoideus (SUPRA) is the primary upstroke muscle for avian flight and is the antagonist to the downstroke muscle, the pectoralis (PECT). We studied in vivo contractile properties and mechanical power output of ... -
Non-invasive measurement of instantaneous forces during aquatic locomotion: a case study of the bluegill sunfish pectoral fin
(The Company of Biologists, 2007)Swimming and flying animals generate unsteady locomotive forces by delivering net momentum into the fluid wake. Hence, swimming and flying forces can be quantified by measuring the momentum of animal wakes. A recently ...