A two-dimensional computational study on the fluid-structure interaction cause of wing pitch changes in dipteran flapping flight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Ishihara, Daisuke ^a   Horie, T ^a   Denda, Mitsunori ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipteran flight; Dynamic similarity law; Finite element method; Fluid structure interaction; Wing torsional flexibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WING;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58149269136     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020404     Document Type: Article

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