104

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Table 7.1 (continued)

SI.

no

body

Position of

axis of rotation

Moment of inertia

Shape

d. About axis

tangent at the

edge in its own

plane parallel

to major axis

Iτy = 1

4Ma2 + Ma2 =

5

4Mb2

Table 7.2 Average experimental wing data observed for six different Tessaratoma javanica insects

S.

no

Parameters Units

Male

Female

1 M

2 M

3 M

4F

5F

6F

1

Total wing

strip area

cm2

2.109

2.070

1.914 2.280

2.439

2.474

2

Total strip

loading

gm/cm2

148.61

169.98

190.98

225.00

225.98

228.00

3

Total wing

strip mass

× 10–3 gm

60.25

59.99

59.98

80.02

80.00

89.99

4

Wing strip

density

× 10–3

gm/cm2

2.86

2.90

3.13

3.51

3.28

3.23

5

Moment of

inertia

× 10–6 gm

cm2

6012.41

6040.15

6297.18

9014.93 9004.06

9939.63

6

Moment of

inertia

(external)

× 10–6 gm

cm2

5848.05

5956.15

6111.64

8105.19 8032.25

8658.24

7

Wing strip

mass

(actual)

× 10–4 gm

59.97

59.99

59.96

79.99

79.98

89.98

8

Mass of

flier

gm

0.624

0.704

0.730 1.025

1.104

1.130

9

Wingbeat

frequency

(ϑ)

cps

60

10 Wingspan

(L)

cm

5.2

5.4

5.5

6.0

6.0

6.0

11 Wing

breadth

(Beff)

cm

1.0

1.10

1.11

1.21

1.20

1.20

The basic information was extracted from Ph.D. Thesis of [4]