Lift and power requirements of hovering flight in Drosophila virilis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2413-2427

  Sun, Mao ^a   Tang, Jian ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Drosophila virilis; Fruit fly; Lift; Power; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; INSECTA;

EID: 0036671268     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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