Stability analysis of gliding flight of a swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-202

  Okamoto, Makoto ^a   Sunada, Shigeru ^a   Tokutake, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dihedral angle; Lateral directional dynamic stability; Vertical tail

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLIGHT; GLIDING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPACECRAFT;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BUTTERFLIES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; WING;

HEXAPODA; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 60449095430     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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