Aerodynamic effects of corrugation and deformation in flapping wings of hovering hoverflies

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 300, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-28

  Du, Gang ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Deformable wing; Hovering; Insects; Wing corrugation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; FLY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AERODYNAMICS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMITY; DYNAMICS; FLY; FORELIMB; HOVERFLY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NAVIER STOKES EQUATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; WING CORRUGATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84858244090     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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