Smoke visualization of free-flying bumblebees indicates independent leading-edge vortices on each wing pair

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 811-821

  Bomphrey, Richard James ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE RATIOS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC MECHANISMS; FLAT PLATES; FLOW TOPOLOGIES; FREE FLIGHTS; GOOD DATUM; INSECT FLIGHTS; KINEMATIC DATUM; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; NUMERICAL MODELING; SMOKE VISUALIZATIONS; TIP VORTICES; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; WIND-TUNNEL;

AERODYNAMICS; MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

WINGS;

EID: 67349288543     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0631-8     Document Type: Article

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