The Role of Elytra in Beetle Flight: I. Generation of Quasi-Static Aerodynamic Forces

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 354-363

  Sitorus, Patar Ebenezer ^a   Park, Hoon Cheol ^a   Byun, Doyoung ^a   Goo, Nam Seo ^a   Han, Cheol Heui ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Chungju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angle of attack; CFD; Dihedral angle; Elytra; Wind tunnel test

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; BODY WEIGHT; CFD; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DICHOTOMA; DIHEDRAL ANGLES; DOWNSTROKES; ELYTRA; FLAPPING MOTION; FORCE GENERATION; LIFT COEFFICIENT; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC METHODS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TUNNEL TEST;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; WIND STRESS;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 78650215025     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(10)60267-3     Document Type: Article

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