Why do insects have such a high density of flow-sensing hairs? Insights from the hydromechanics of biomimetic MEMS sensors

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 1487-1495

  Casas, Jérôme ^a,b   Steinmann, Thomas ^a   Krijnen, Gijs ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Boundary layer; Hair canopy; Mechanosensors; Physical ecology; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FAR-FIELD; FLOW FREQUENCIES; FLOW PERTURBATIONS; HAIR CANOPY; HIGH DENSITY; HYDRODYNAMIC COUPLING; MECHANOSENSORS; MEMS SENSORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHYSICAL ECOLOGY; PHYSICAL MODEL; SENSORY ECOLOGY; SENSORY HAIRS; VELOCITY AMPLITUDES;

ECOLOGY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSENSOR; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; FLOW SENSING HAIR; HAIR; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROMECHANICS; INSECT; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PREDICTION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77957126777     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0093     Document Type: Article

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