Membrane muscle function in the compliant wings of bats

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Cheney, J A ^a   Konow, N ^a   Middleton, K M ^b   Breuer, K S ^a,c   Roberts, T J ^a   Giblin, E L ^a   Swartz, S M ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

active membrane wings; compliant wings; flapping flight; flight muscles; wing morphing

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); WINGS;

ACTIVE MEMBRANES; CRITICAL FEATURES; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FORCE GENERATION; HIGH-SPEED FLIGHTS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; WING MORPHING;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE; FLYING; FORELIMB; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; CHIROPTERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WING;

EID: 84901416278     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/2/025007     Document Type: Article

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