The Functional Role of the Hollow Region of the Butterfly Pyrameis atalanta (L.) Scale

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-230

  Kovalev, Igor ^a  

^a KINNERET COLLEGE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE   (Israel)

Author keywords

bionic; butterfly scale; damped coefficient; flapping motion; hollow region; virtual mass

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW INTERACTIONS; GAS DYNAMICS; MECHANISMS;

AERODYNAMIC EFFECTS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AIR CAVITIES; AIR MASS; BIONIC; BUTTERFLY SCALE; BUTTERFLY WINGS; DAMPED COEFFICIENT; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; FLAPPING MOTION; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; HOLLOW REGION; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; SCALE MODELING; TIP EDGE; VIRTUAL AIR; VIRTUAL MASS;

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EID: 53049088902     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60028-1     Document Type: Article

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