Lateral dynamic flight stability of a model bumblebee in hovering and forward flight

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 319, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-115

  Xu, Na ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flight dynamics; Insect; Natural modes of motion

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUE; FLIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BUMBLEBEE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLYING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY; WINGED INSECT;

ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HYMENOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84871653289     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.11.033     Document Type: Article

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