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Vortex Formation with a Snapping Shrimp Claw

Snapping shrimp use one oversized claw to generate a cavitating high speed water jet for hunting, defence and communication. This work is an experimental investigation about the jet generation. Snapping shrimp (Alpheus-bellulus) were investigated by using an enlarged transparent model reproducing th...

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Autores principales: Hess, David, Brücker, Christoph, Hegner, Franziska, Balmert, Alexander, Bleckmann, Horst
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077120