Optical measurement of the deformation, motion, and generated force of the wings of a moth, Mythimna Separata (Walker)

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 836-842

  Sunada, Shigeru ^a   Song, Deqiang ^b   Meng, Xiannan ^b   Wang, Hao ^b   Zeng, Lijiang ^b   Kawachi, Keiji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformation of a wing; Moth wings; Optical measurement; Vertical aerodynamic force

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BENDING (DEFORMATION);

MOTHS;

BIODIVERSITY;

AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; WING;

EID: 0036878409     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.45.836     Document Type: Article

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