Phasing of dragonfly wings can improve aerodynamic efficiency by removing swirl

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 1303-1307

  Usherwood, James R ^a   Lehmann, Fritz Olaf ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Insect flight; Particle image velocimetry; Wake capture; Wing wake interaction

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; BIOMIMETICS; GAS DYNAMICS; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; MOTION ESTIMATION;

AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; BIO-MIMETIC; FLAPPING FLIGHT; INSECT FLIGHT; MECHANICAL MODELLING; MICRO AIR VEHICLES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; POWER REQUIREMENTS; RECOVERING ENERGY; WAKE CAPTURE; WING-WAKE INTERACTION;

WINGS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; DRAGON FLY; FLIGHT; FLYING; INSECT; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; SYMPETRUM SANGUINEUM;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; ODONATA;

EID: 52749084670     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0124     Document Type: Article

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