Digital particle image velocimetry measurements of the downwash distribution of a desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 311-317

  Bomphrey, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a   Lawson, Nicholas J ^b   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Downwash; DPIV; Flapping; Schistocerca; Wake

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FLIGHT; FLYING; LOCUST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INSECTA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33645811748     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2005.0090     Document Type: Article

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