Symmetry breaking leads to forward flapping flight

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 506, Issue , 2004, Pages 147-155

  Vandenberghe, Nicolas ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^b,c   Childress, Stephen ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROORGANISMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

DICHOTOMY; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLYING ANIMALS; UBIQUITOUS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442651249     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004008468     Document Type: Article

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