A computational fluid dynamic study of hawkmoth hovering

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-477

  Liu, Hao ^a,e   Ellington, Charles P ^b   Kawachi, Keiji ^c   Van Den Berg, Coen ^d   Willmott, Alexander P ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Dynamic stall; Hawkmoth; Hovering; Insect flight; Leading edge vortex; Manduca sexta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031884742     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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