The "click" mechanism in dipteran flight: If it exists, then what effect does it have?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-213

  Brennan, M J ^a   Elliott, S J ^a   Bonello, P ^a   Vincent, J F V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Click mechanism; Dipteran flight; Dynamic model; Flight motor; Nonlinear mechanism; Resonance frequency

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLIGHT; FLY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIPTERA;

EID: 0042622520     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00158-9     Document Type: Article

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