The fish tail motion forms an attached leading edge vortex.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on February 13, 2013

Authors

Iman Borazjani1, Mohsen Daghooghi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. iman@buffalo.edu

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