Deformable wing kinematics in the desert locust: How and why do camber, twist and topography vary through the stroke?

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 735-747

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angle of attack; Camber; Kinematics; Locust; Morphing; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEFORMATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; VIDEO CAMERAS; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AEROFOILS; CAMBER; DOWNSTROKES; FLIGHT CONTROL; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; LIFT TO DRAG RATIO; LINEAR DECREASE; LOCUST; MORPHING; PROJECTED AREA; TRAILING EDGES; UNTWISTED WINGS; WING DEFORMATION; WING KINEMATICS;

WINGS;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; DESERT; FLIGHT; FLYING; FORCE; INCIDENCE; KINEMATICS; LOCUST; MOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; STEREOTYPY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEIN; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; WIND;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 67349239028     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0435     Document Type: Article

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