Index
211
Prothorax, 42
Protura, 67
Pteralia, 45, 54
Pteridophytes, 1
Pterostigma, 65
Pterothorax, 42, 54
Pterygota, 67, 74
Pulsating tubular, 6
Q
Quasi-steady approach, 22
Quasi steady flow, 22
R
Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR),
144, 177
Rapid pitching rotation, 25
Recovery stroke, 10, 11
Rectangular Lamina, 103
Relative wind, 50
Reproduction, 136
Resilin, 34, 111, 127
Resonant-Wing-Thorax system, 10
Respiratory System, 4
Reticulum, 44
Reynolds number, 18, 28, 159
Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLG), 174
Roll angle, 159
Rotational circulation, 22
Rotational forces, 25
Rotatory wing movements, 5
R-Resilin, 114
S
Sagnac effect, 173
Sarcomere, 54
Schistocerca Gregaria, 10
Scleratised plates, 45
Scouring process, 116
Scutellum, 161
Sensory devices, 147
Sericin, 115
Sericulture, 117
Shape deformation, 12
Shear stress distribution, 23
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), 92, 99,
125
Solid-state accelerometers, 172
Space segment, 176
Spiracles, 4
Stall, 130
Stalling angle, 158
Standing vortices, 20
Startiform, 134
Sternum, 42
Stomata, 4
Strapdown Navigation Systems (SINS), 170
Stroboscope, 19, 97
Stroke amplitude, 128
Stroke angle, 36
Stroke pattern, 19
Stroke period, 31
Strouhal Number, 26, 129
Structural deformations, 84, 123, 126
Structure of the chitin molecule, 108
Subcosta, 44
Subterraneain, 60
Supination, 13, 129, 159
Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW), 172
Surface Micromachining (SMM), 149
Sustained aerodynamic forces, 13
Sweep angle, 159
Sweeping motion, 13
Synchronous muscles, 54
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), 169
T
Tegmina, 58
Tenacious, 134
Tensile strength, 117
Tergum, 42
Tetanic, 19
Tethered state, 95
Thorax, 2, 42
Thripidae, 61
Thysanura, 67
Thysonoptera, 69
Tip Vortices, 12, 26, 51
molecule, 51
Torque, 89
Tracheal gills, 4
Tracheal system, 6
Tracheoles, 45
Trailing vortices, 37
Translational phase, 13
Translatory motion, 158
Transonic dip, 127
Trehalose, 54
Trichogen, 109
Trichoptera, 47
Triglycerides, 54
Tropomyosin, 54
Turbulent flow, 50
Tymbals, 3