Wing characteristics and flapping behavior of flying insects

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 550-555

  Sudo, S ^a   Tsuyuki, K ^b   Kanno, K ^c  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Apro Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Insect flight; Morphological characteristics; Wing motion; Wing structure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FLAPPING BEHAVIOR; INSECT FLIGHT; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WING MOTION; WING STRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 28844485160     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0014485105059989     Document Type: Article

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