Hawkmoth flight stability in turbulent vortex streets

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 4567-4579

  Ortega Jimenez, Victor Manuel ^a   Greeter, Jeremy S M ^a   Mittal, Rajat ^b   Hedrick, Tyson L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Manduca sexta; Stability; Turbulence; Unsteady flows; Von Krmn vortex; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDUCA; MANDUCA SEXTA; PHYSIOLOGY; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOWS; VON KÁRMÁN VORTEX; WIND; WIND TUNNEL;

MANDUCA SEXTA; STABILITY; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOWS; VON KÁRMÁN VORTEX; WIND TUNNEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; WIND; WING;

EID: 84887304686     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.089672     Document Type: Article

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