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Downstroke and upstroke conflict during banked turns in butterflies

For all flyers, aeroplanes or animals, making banked turns involve a rolling motion which, due to higher induced drag on the outer than the inner wing, results in a yawing torque opposite to the turn. This adverse yaw torque can be counteracted using a tail, but how animals that lack tail, e.g. all...

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Autores principales: Henningsson, P., Johansson, L. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8633796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34847788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0779