Insects in flight: Direct visualization and flow measurements

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Bomphrey, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; FLOW DIAGNOSTICS; INSECT FLIGHT; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE METHOD;

BIOMIMETICS;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; WING;

EID: 33847628830     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/4/S01     Document Type: Conference Paper

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