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Heather Beem's test tank equipment configuration for seal whisker research.

Heather Beem's test tank equipment configuration for seal whisker research.
Heather Beem's test tank equipment configuration for seal whisker research.
Heather Beem's test tank equipment configuration for seal whisker research.
Heather Beem's test tank equipment configuration for seal whisker research.
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Heather Beem's test tank equipment configuration for seal whisker research.
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01/12/2016
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 2, pg. 85:
The setup in Heather Beem's experiment represented what whiskers experience when they follow a fish trail. A large cylinder upstream of the whisker-sensor generates a hydrodynamic trail of vortices similar to fish wakes. Red dye dripped into the tank colorize the vortices behind the fish, and cameras captured the patterns.
Strain gauges measure the sensors vibrations as it was towed behind the cylinder.
Illustration by Heather Beem and Eric S. Taylor
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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