Measuring the angle of attack of beating insect wings: Robust three-dimensional reconstruction from two-dimensional images

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2693-2704

  Willmott, Alexander P ^a,b   Ellington, Charles P ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angle of attack; Flight; Hawkmoth; Insect wings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030664733     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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