Nonlinear flight dynamics and stability of hovering model insects

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2013, Pages

  Liang, Bin ^a   Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equations of motion; Flight dynamics; Insect; Nonlinear stability; The Navier Stokes equations

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CURRENT ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; FLIGHT STABILITY; INSECT; LARGE DISTURBANCE; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; NONLINEAR FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SMALL DISTURBANCES;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT; FORCE; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR FLIGHT DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; SPHINGIDAE; THEORY; VELOCITY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLYING; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; NONLINEAR STABILITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INSECT; NONLINEAR STABILITY; THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

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

EID: 84891407167     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0269     Document Type: Article

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