Dual leading-edge vortices on flapping wings

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5005-5016

  Lu, Yuan ^a   Gong, Xin Shen ^a   Guo, Jun Lai ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV); Electromechanical model; Flapping wing; Flow separation; Flow visualization; Hovering; Leading edge vortex (LEV)

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLORING AGENTS; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ROBOTICS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WING;

EID: 33846557281     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02614     Document Type: Article

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