Shape of butterfly wing affects flow structures

Kongqi Donglixue Xuebao/Acta Aerodynamica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-142

  Hu, Ye ^a   Wang, Jin Jun ^a   Zhang, Cao ^a   Zhang, Pan Feng ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Flow structure; Hydrogen bubble visualization; Papilio ulysses

Indexed keywords

BEAT FREQUENCY; BUTTERFLY MODEL; BUTTERFLY WINGS; DEVELOPMENT TENDENCY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW PASS; FRUIT FLIES; HYDROGEN BUBBLE VISUALIZATION; HYDROGEN BUBBLES; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; PLATE MODEL; TIP FLOW; ULYSSES; VORTEX STRENGTH; WINGTIP VORTEX;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); HYDROGEN; PEST CONTROL; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW STRUCTURE;

EID: 77952776938     PISSN: 02581825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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