Energy-minimizing kinematics in hovering insect flight

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Publication:5297663


DOI10.1017/S0022112007006209zbMath1115.76086MaRDI QIDQ5297663

Gordon J. Berman, Z. Jane Wang

Publication date: 12 July 2007

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112007006209


92C10: Biomechanics

76D55: Flow control and optimization for incompressible viscous fluids

76Z10: Biopropulsion in water and in air


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