Dynamics of a bistable system: The click mechanism in dipteran flight

✍ Scribed by Alan J. Thomson; William A. Thompson

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 503 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-5342
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00115924

✦ Synopsis

A mathematical model based upon catastrophe theory is derived to describe the kinematics of the wing beat in Dipteran flight. The parameters of the model correspond to anatomical and physiological characteristics of the insect.