Vortex interaction of tandem pitching and plunging plates: A two-dimensional model of hovering dragonfly-like flight

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rival, David ^a,b   Schönweitz, Dirk ^a   Tropea, Cameron ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; WING;

EID: 79952475886     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/1/016008     Document Type: Article

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