An aeroelastic instability provides a possible basis for the transition from gliding to flapping flight

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 80, 2013, Pages

  Curet, Oscar M ^a   Swartz, Sharon M ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a,b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal flight; Flapping flight; Flow visualization; Gliding; Leading edge vortex; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; CAMBERS; DRAG; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LIFT; VORTEX FLOW;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AEROELASTIC INSTABILITIES; BODY MASS; CRITICAL SPEED; DOWNSTROKES; DRAG RATIO; EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLAPPING MOTION; FLAT PLATE; FLUID FORCES; GLIDING; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; LIFT COEFFICIENT; LIFTING CAPABILITIES; LIFTING SURFACES; LOW WIND SPEED; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIMARY MECHANISM; STIFFNESS PROPERTIES;

LIFT DRAG RATIO;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FLIGHT; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RIGIDITY; VELOCITY; VERTEBRATE; VISIBILITY; WIND; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY;

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

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879189046     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0940     Document Type: Article

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