Scaling law and enhancement of lift generation of an insect-size hovering flexible wing

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 85, 2013, Pages

  Kang, Chang Kwon ^a   Shyy, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Flexible wing; Fluid structure interaction; Hovering; Insect flight

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; FLEXIBLE WINGS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

GENERATION MECHANISM; HOVERING; INSECT FLIGHT; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; SHAPE DEFORMATION; SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION; STRUCTURAL FLEXIBILITIES; WING DEFORMATION;

LIFT;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MOTION; NONHUMAN; ROTATION; AERODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; FLEXIBLE WING; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; HOVERING; INSECT FLIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

AERODYNAMICS; FLEXIBLE WING; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HOVERING; INSECT FLIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

EID: 84891435281     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0361     Document Type: Article

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