Flow control mechanism in wing flapping with stroke asymmetry during insect forward flight

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-227

  Yu, Yongliang ^a,b   Tong, Binggang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Insect forward flight; Oblique stroke plane; Stroke asymmetry; Theoretical modeling; Wing flapping

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW CONTROL; INSECT CONTROL; JET FLAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DOWNSTROKE; INSECT FORWARD FLIGHT; OBLIQUE STROKE PLANE; STROKE ASYMMETRY; THEORETICAL MODELING; UPSTROKE; WING FLAPPING;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 23444461021     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-005-0032-z     Document Type: Article

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