Body rate decoupling using haltere mid-stroke measurements for inertial flight stabilization in Diptera

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-112

  Thompson, R A ^a   Wehling, M F ^a   Evers, J H ^a   Dixon, W E ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaniform sensilla; Diptera; Flight stability; Haltere; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLY; FLYING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSE ORGAN; STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; MOVEMENT; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 58649096571     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0388-1     Document Type: Article

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