Flight stabilization control of a hovering model insect

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2714-2722

  Sun, Mao ^a   Ji, Kang Wang ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flight controllability; Hovering; Insect; Modal analysis; Navier Stokes simulation; Stabilization control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548150462     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004507     Document Type: Article

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