Index

209

structural forces, 122

Forward flight, 20

Forward velocity, 18

Frictional drag, 35

Fringed wings, 61

Fruitfly wing model, 24

Fulcrum, 158

Fungine, 108

G

Ganglionated nervecord, 6

Genetic engineering, 114, 115, 117

Gimbals, 170

Gliding flight, 21

Global Navigation Satellite System

(GNSS), 176

Glycolysis, 54

Gymnosperms, 1

Gyroscopic mechanism, 9

H

Haemolymph, 5

Halters, 6, 57, 66

Hamuli, 47, 65

Helmholtz vortex laws, 37

Hemelytrous, 62

Hemimetabolous, 61

Hemiptera, 70

Hemipteran, 62

Heterometabola, 74

Heteroptera, 6, 62, 70

Hexapoda, 42

Hexapods, 3

Holometabolous, 74

Homeotherm fliers, 20

Homologous aerodynamic forces, 58

Homoptera, 6, 62, 70

Hooke’s law, 34, 112

Horizontal stroke plane, 11

Hovering, 20

Hovering flight, 10, 20, 77

Hydrophil balance, 11

Hydrophilic nature, 117

Hymenoptera, 6, 10, 72

I

Indirect Dorso-Ventral muscles, 46

Indirect flight muscles, 5

Induced power, 36

Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), 169

Inertial power, 89, 91

Inertial sensors, 183

Insecta, 67

Insect body, 42

Insect flight, 10, 20, 159

Insect flight dynamics, 23

Insect integument, 108

Insects

migratory insects, 136

seasonal insects, 133

Instrument Landing System (ILS), 178

Integrated Circuit (IC), 144, 148

Ion implantation, 149

Isoelectric point, 113

Isoptera, 68

K

Keplers laws, 176

Kinetic energy, 89

Kramer effect, 25

L

Laminar flow, 50

Lampyridae, 3, 65

Leading Edge Vortex (LEV), 13, 26

Lepidoptera, 21, 71

LEV and delayed Stall, 25

Lift, 49

Lift and drag coefficients, 10

Lift generation, 13

Lift to drag ratio, 12

Limit Cycle Oscillation (LCO), 126

Lithography, 149

Long Range Navigation (LORAN), 167

Longitudinal veins, 5, 43, 51, 71

Luminescent Group, 3

M

Mach Number, 18, 126

Macropterous Forms, 60

Magnetic orientation, 168

Magnus effect, 25

Manoeuvrable flight, 21

Mass flow theory, 127

MAV, 12, 20, 130, 150

bird-mimicking MAVs, 156

Maximum allowable time, 31

Maximum angular velocity, 33

Maximum linear velocity, 33

Mean chord length, 128

Mechanical Accelerometer, 171

MEMS, 182