Insect flight dynamics: Stability and control

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 615-646

  Sun, Mao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; STABILITY;

FLIGHT STABILITY; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HOVERING FLIGHTS; RESEARCH FIELDS; STABILITY AND CONTROL; STABILITY PROPERTIES; STABILIZATION CONTROL; STATE OF THE ART;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901949085     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.86.615     Document Type: Article

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