A Numerical Elastic Model for Deforming Bat Pinnae

In bats, the directivity patterns for reception are shaped by the surface geometry of the pinnae. Since many bat species are capable of large ear deformations, these beampatterns can be time-variant. To investigate this time-variance using numerical methods, a digital model that is capable of repres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balakrishnan, Sreenath
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36406
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12222010-233428/