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DOI | 10.1242/jeb.00501 |
Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria | |
Taylor, GK; Thomas, ALR | |
通讯作者 | Taylor, GK |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 0022-0949 |
出版年 | 2003 |
卷号 | 206期号:16页码:2803-2829 |
英文摘要 | Here we provide the first formal quantitative analysis of dynamic stability in a flying animal. By measuring the longitudinal static stability derivatives and mass distribution of desert locusts Schistocerca gregaria, we find that their static stability and static control responses are insufficient to provide asymptotic longitudinal dynamic stability unless they are sensitive to pitch attitude (measured with respect to an inertial or earth-fixed frame) as well as aerodynamic incidence (measured relative to the direction of flight). We find no evidence for a ’constant-lift reaction’, previously supposed to keep lift production constant over a range of body angles, and show that such a reaction would be inconsequential because locusts can potentially correct for pitch disturbances within a single wingbeat. The static stability derivatives identify three natural longitudinal modes of motion: one stable subsidence mode, one unstable divergence mode, and one stable oscillatory mode (which is present with or without pitch attitude control). The latter is identified with the 2803 short period mode of aircraft, and shown to consist of rapid pitch oscillations with negligible changes in forward speed. The frequency of the short period mode (approx. 10 Hz) is only half the wingbeat frequency (approx. 22 Hz), so the mode would become coupled with the flapping cycle without adequate damping. Pitch rate damping is shown to be highly effective for this purpose especially at the small scales associated with insect flight and may be essential in stabilising locust flight. Although having a short period mode frequency close to the wingbeat frequency risks coupling, it is essential for control inputs made at the level of a single wingbeat to be effective. This is identified as a general constraint on flight control in flying animals. |
英文关键词 | stability control flapping flight desert locust Schistocerca gregaria insect flight dynamics modes of motion equations of motion frequency response stabilising pitch reaction constant-lift reaction flight speed body angle |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000187392900015 |
WOS关键词 | FLYING LOCUSTS ; MIGRATORIA L ; STEERING BEHAVIOR ; BLOWFLY CALLIPHORA ; NATURAL FLIGHT ; WING MOVEMENTS ; COMPOUND EYES ; MOTOR OUTPUT ; TIME SHIFT ; LIFT |
WOS类目 | Biology |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
来源机构 | University of Oxford |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/145119 |
作者单位 | (1)Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Taylor, GK,Thomas, ALR. Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria[J]. University of Oxford,2003,206(16):2803-2829. |
APA | Taylor, GK,&Thomas, ALR.(2003).Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY,206(16),2803-2829. |
MLA | Taylor, GK,et al."Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria".JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 206.16(2003):2803-2829. |
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