Rotational lift: Something different or more of the same?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3783-3792

  Walker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attached vortex lift; Delayed stall; Drosophila flight; Hovering; Magnus effect; Rotational circulation; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROTATION; WING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036926933     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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