Dynamic flight stability of hovering insects

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-246

  Sun, Mao ^a   Wang, Jikang ^a   Xiong, Yan ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Equations of motion; Insect; Natural modes of motion; Navier Stokes simulation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KINEMATICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; WINGS;

INSECTS; NATURAL MODES OF MOTION; NAVIER-STOKES SIMULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 34250729856     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-007-0068-3     Document Type: Article

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