Time-varying span efficiency through the wingbeat of desert locusts

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 71, 2012, Pages 1177-1186

  Henningsson, Per ^a   Bomphrey, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Biomechanics; Efficiency; Flight; Locust; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIFT; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; DOWNSTROKES; FLIGHT; HIGH-SPEED PARTICLES; LIFT FORCE; LOCUST; NEAR WAKE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PEAK ACCELERATION; SPAN EFFICIENCY; TIME VARYING; WING KINEMATICS;

EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; DESERT; FLYING; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 84863588540     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0749     Document Type: Article

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