Photogrammetric reconstruction of high-resolution surface topographies and deformable wing kinematics of tethered locusts and free-flying hoverflies

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 33, 2009, Pages 351-366

  Walker, Simon M ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Camber; Insect flight; Kinematics; Photogrammetry; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; BIOMECHANICS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONCRETE BRIDGES; KINEMATICS; MAPS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; VIDEO CAMERAS;

AERODYNAMIC EFFECT; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; AUTOMATED TRACKING; BUNDLE ADJUSTMENTS; CAMBER; DATA POINTS; EPIPOLAR GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS; INSECT FLIGHT; INSECT WINGS; LOWER RESOLUTION; NATURAL FEATURES; SMART STRUCTURES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; WING KINEMATICS; WING SURFACE;

WINGS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ERISTALIS TENAX; FLY; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLYING; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ERISTALIS TENAX; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; WING;

EID: 65249119271     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0245     Document Type: Article

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