Flight of a Fly

2011/10/15 by Hamarz Aryafar, Aryafar, Hamarz, H. Pirouz Kavehpour +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1110.3372

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Abstract

In this fluid dynamics video, we demonstrated take off and landing of a fly. The deformation of wings is in focus in this video.

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