Aerodynamic forces of revolving hummingbird wings and wing models

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-332

  Altshuler, Douglas L ^a,e   Dudley, Robert ^a,b,c   Ellington, Charles P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Angle of attack; Camber; Hummingbird; Leading edge; Model wings

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 10344263439     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005813     Document Type: Article

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