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This site describes the effect of a regular pattern of round protuberances on the flippers of humpback whales on how water flows past these flippers.  The site includes a photograph of dye streams in a testing tank that reveals the flow pattern.
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Fluid Mechanics
- Dynamics of Fluids
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© 2008 American Physical Society
Keywords:
Streamlines, humpback whale, hydrofoil, water tunnel
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Metadata instance created September 22, 2008 by Logan Hancock
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April 26, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
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(American Physical Society, College Park, 2008), WWW Document, (https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/hydrofoil.cfm).
AJP/PRST-PER
Flow Pattern on a Hydrofoil (American Physical Society, College Park, 2008), <https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/hydrofoil.cfm>.
APA Format
Flow Pattern on a Hydrofoil. (2008, September 22). Retrieved March 29, 2024, from American Physical Society: https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/hydrofoil.cfm
Chicago Format
American Physical Society. Flow Pattern on a Hydrofoil. College Park: American Physical Society, September 22, 2008. https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/hydrofoil.cfm (accessed 29 March 2024).
MLA Format
Flow Pattern on a Hydrofoil. College Park: American Physical Society, 2008. 22 Sep. 2008. 29 Mar. 2024 <https://www.aps.org/about/physics-images/archive/hydrofoil.cfm>.
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@misc{ Title = {Flow Pattern on a Hydrofoil}, Publisher = {American Physical Society}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {29 March 2024}, Month = {September 22, 2008}, Year = {2008} }
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