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This remarkable book offers a portrait of insects unlike any seen before. Using an original lens-based method of high-speed photography inspired by the wraparound vision of the compound eye, it presents 60 stunning images of flying insects. These unique panoramic close-ups take the study of flight out of the laboratory and into the natural environment,
John Brackenbury
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John Brackenbury
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Vibrational control: A hidden stabilization mechanism in insect flight
Science Robotics, 2020Large insects exploit a passive flight stabilization mechanism due to their high-frequency flapping. It is generally accepted among biology and engineering communities that insects are unstable at hover.
Haithem E. Taha +3 more
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Wing flexibility reduces the energetic requirements of insect flight
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2019Flapping insect wings deform under aerodynamic as well as inertial-elastic forces. This deformation is thought to improve power economy and reduce the energetic costs of flight.
Heidi E. Reid +5 more
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Virtual insect flight simulator (VIFS): a software testbed for insect flight
Proceedings 2001 ICRA. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.01CH37164), 2002Presents the design of the software simulator, VIFS, for insect flight. In particular, it is intended to estimate flight control algorithms and performance for a micromechanical flying insect (MFI), a 10-25 mm (wingtip-to-wingtip) device eventually capable of sustained autonomous flight. The VIFS is an end-to-end tool composed of several modular blocks
SCHENATO, LUCA +3 more
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1978
Publisher Summary Actively flying insects achieve the highest metabolic rates known, and they do so in the fraction of a second required to shift from quiescence to flight. This chapter focuses on the various adaptations that make possible the high metabolic rates necessary for flight. Flight depends on the biochemical and mechanical work done by the
Ann E. Kammer, Bernd Heinrich
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Publisher Summary Actively flying insects achieve the highest metabolic rates known, and they do so in the fraction of a second required to shift from quiescence to flight. This chapter focuses on the various adaptations that make possible the high metabolic rates necessary for flight. Flight depends on the biochemical and mechanical work done by the
Ann E. Kammer, Bernd Heinrich
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Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2005
▪ Abstract “What force does an insect wing generate?” Finding answers to this enduring question is an essential step toward our understanding of interactions of moving objects with fluids that enable most living species such as insects, birds, and fish to travel efficiently and us to follow similar suit with sails, oars, and airfoils.
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▪ Abstract “What force does an insect wing generate?” Finding answers to this enduring question is an essential step toward our understanding of interactions of moving objects with fluids that enable most living species such as insects, birds, and fish to travel efficiently and us to follow similar suit with sails, oars, and airfoils.
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1981
To investigate insect flight a logical chain of events has to be analyzed: (1) functional morphology of the flight motor; (2) control of muscle contractions by the CNS and sensory influx; (3) mechanics of scleri mobility in the wing joints; (4) kinematics of wing movement; (5) aerodynamics of interaction of wings with air; (6) energetics of flight ...
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To investigate insect flight a logical chain of events has to be analyzed: (1) functional morphology of the flight motor; (2) control of muscle contractions by the CNS and sensory influx; (3) mechanics of scleri mobility in the wing joints; (4) kinematics of wing movement; (5) aerodynamics of interaction of wings with air; (6) energetics of flight ...
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1988
Under certain environmental and population conditions some species (the locusts) of Acridid Orthoptera swarm and are capable of migrating hundreds of miles using flight as the primary means of locomotion. Locust flight is a behavior which, for a variety of reasons, lends itself to analysis from many approaches.
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Under certain environmental and population conditions some species (the locusts) of Acridid Orthoptera swarm and are capable of migrating hundreds of miles using flight as the primary means of locomotion. Locust flight is a behavior which, for a variety of reasons, lends itself to analysis from many approaches.
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Nature, 1974
Insects in Flight. By Werner Nachtigall. Translated by Harold Oldroyd, Roger H. Abbott, and Marguerite Biederman-Thorson. Pp. 150; 32 plates. (Allen and Unwin: London, May 1974.) £5.50.
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Insects in Flight. By Werner Nachtigall. Translated by Harold Oldroyd, Roger H. Abbott, and Marguerite Biederman-Thorson. Pp. 150; 32 plates. (Allen and Unwin: London, May 1974.) £5.50.
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