Effects of corrugation of the dragonfly wing on gliding performance

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 523-530

  Kim, Won Kap ^a   Ko, Jin Hwan ^a   Park, Hoon Cheol ^a   Byun, Doyoung ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angle of attack; Dragonfly flight; Lift and drag coefficient; Wing corrugation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DRAGONFLY; FLIGHT; GLIDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DRAGON FLY; DYNAMICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WING;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

EID: 70049084343     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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