The wake dynamics and flight forces of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2085-2104

  Dickinson, Michael H ^a   Götz, Karl G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

aerodynamics; Drosophila melanogaster; insect flight; vortex wake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030248873     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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