Wing Morphing in Insects, Birds and Bats: Mechanism and Function

Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-40

  Taylor, Graham K ^a   Carruthers, Anna C ^a   Hubel, Tatjana Y ^b   Walker, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio inspiration; Bird's wing lifting surface, and feathers; Body shapes, unparalleled; Complexity, in flight musculature of bats; Flying animals; Morphing wing, insect like design; Wing morphing in animals; Wing morphing in insects, birds, bats; Wings of hoverfly, Eristalis tenax; Wings, designs with planform

Indexed keywords

BIRDS;

BIO-INSPIRATION; BODY SHAPES; COMPLEXITY, IN FLIGHT MUSCULATURE OF BATS; INSECT LIKE; LIFTING SURFACES; WING MORPHING;

PLANFORMS;

EID: 84886007627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119964032.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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