ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2019
Indirect actuation reduces flight power requirements in
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- Experimental studies suggest differences in the distribution of thorax elasticity between insects with synchronous and asynchronous musculature.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
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- The hawkmoth wingbeat is not at resonance.Biology letters · 2022Article
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- The evolution of two distinct strategies of moth flight.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
- The damping and structural properties of dragonfly and damselfly wings during dynamic movement.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Rapid frequency modulation in a resonant system: aerial perturbation recovery in hawkmoths.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Dimensional analysis of spring-wing systems reveals performance metrics for resonant flapping-wing flight.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
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Abstract
In many insects, wing movements are generated indirectly via exoskeletal deformations. Measurements of inertial and aerodynamic power suggest that elastic recovery of energy between wingstrokes might reduce power requirements of flight. We tested three questions. (1) Can the thorax itself provide significant energy return? (2) Does a simple damped elastic model describe the bulk mechanical behaviour? (3) Are different regions of the thorax specialized for elastic energy exchange? We measured deformation mechanics of the hawkmoth
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