Beneficial aerodynamic effect of wing scales on the climbing flight of butterflies

Nathan Slegers, Michael Heilman, Jacob Cranford, Amy Lang, John Yoder, Maria Laura Habegger

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Original languageEnglish
Article number016013
JournalBioinspiration and Biomimetics
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2017
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)

Keywords

  • Butterfly, insects
  • aerodynamic efficiency
  • flapping
  • surface patterning
  • unsteady aerodynamics

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