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Beneficial wake-capture effect for forward propulsion with a restrained wing-pitch motion of a butterfly
Unlike other insects, a butterfly uses a small amplitude of the wing-pitch motion for flight. From an analysis of the dynamics of real flying butterflies, we show that the restrained amplitude of the wing-pitch motion enhances the wake-capture effect so as to enhance forward propulsion. A numerical...
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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/PMC8385355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34457326 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202172 |