Rather than resonance, flapping wing flyers may play on aerodynamics to improve performance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5964-5969

  Ramananarivo, Sophie ^a   Godoy Diana, Ramiro ^a   Thiria, Benjamin ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955047678     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017910108     Document Type: Article

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