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Butterflies fly using efficient propulsive clap mechanism owing to flexible wings
Butterflies look like no other flying animal, with unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Previous studies have suggested butterflies use several unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms to boost force production with upstroke wing clap being a prominent feature. When the wings c...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33468023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0854 |