DRAG AND LIFT ON RUNNING INSECTS
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Drag and Lift on Running Insects
We examined the effects of aerodynamic forces on the mechanical power output of running insects for which kinematic data were available. Drag and lift on the cockroaches Periplaneta americana (a small, rapidly running species) and Blaberus discoidalis (a larger, more slowly moving species) were measured in a wind tunnel. Although lift would be expected to affect power output by altering functio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.176.1.89