Flow visualization and unsteady aerodynamics in the flight of the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1351, 1997, Pages 303-316

  Willmott, Alexander P ^a,b   Ellington, Charles P ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0030804733     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0022     Document Type: Article

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