When vortices stick: An aerodynamic transition in tiny insect flight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3073-3088

  Miller, Laura A ^a   Peskin, Charles S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Computational fluid dynamics; Insect flight; Reynolds number

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WING;

EID: 5444248006     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01138     Document Type: Article

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