Two dimensional mechanism for insect hovering

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2216-2219

  Wang, Z Jane ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIFT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

VORTEX DYNAMICS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MOVEMENT; VISCOSITY; WING;

EID: 0034275765     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2216     Document Type: Article

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