Dynamic flight stability of a hovering model insect: Lateral motion

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-190

  Zhang, Yanlai ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic flight stability; Hovering; Insect; Lateral motion; Natural modes of motion

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT STABILITY; HOVERING; INSECT; LATERAL MOTION; NATURAL MODES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; ROTATION; STABILITY;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 77956611623     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-009-0303-1     Document Type: Article

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