Lift and power requirements of hovering insect flight

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 458-469

  Sun, Mao ^a   Du, Gang ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hovering; Insects; Power requirement; Unsteady aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

INERTIAL TORQUE; INSECT FLIGHT; POWER REQUIREMENT; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; WINGBEAT FREQUENCY;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 1542302645     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02484580     Document Type: Article

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