Contents
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari and Ponna Srinivas
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Flight a Retrospect a Brief Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari and Ponna Srinivas
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Aerodynamic Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Prasad Mukkavilli, N. Chari, A. Shubhananda Rao,
and A. G. Sarwade
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Flight Morphology and Flight Muscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari, A. Ravi, Ponna Srinivas, and A. Uma
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Types of Textures in Insect Wings and Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari, A. P. Rao, Ponna Srinivas, and N. Girish
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Theories on Hovering Flight of Insects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari, Prasad Mukkavilli, A. G. Sarwade, and D. Sandhya
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Moment of Inertia and Mutilation Studies of an Insect Wing . . . . . .
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N. Chari, Prasad Mukkavilli, A. G. Sarwade, and Kamalakar Pallela
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Chitinous Membranes and Analogous Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari, Sesha Srinivas Vutukuru, R. Saicharan, and A. Uma
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Aeroelasticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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N. Chari, Prasad Mukkavilli, A. G. Sarwade, and Kamalakar Pallela
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Insect Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ponna Srinivas, Kamalakar Pallela, G. Surender Reddy,
and N. Chari
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MAV Design Aspects Using MEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Suryanarayana Palleboina and Kamalakar Pallela
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