Dynamic flight stability of hovering insects
โ Scribed by Mao Sun; Jikang Wang; Yan Xiong
- Publisher
- The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0567-7718
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