Effect of flexural and torsional wing flexibility on lift generation in hoverfly flight

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-150

  Tanaka, Hiroto ^a,b   Whitney, John P ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBER;

ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLY; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PLIABILITY; WING;

EID: 79960123784     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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