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Flight Kinematics

Flight Kinematics is a biomechanical framework that characterizes the motion patterns of avian flight by quantifying spatial and temporal parameters such as wingbeat frequency, amplitude, and flight velocity without reference to the forces producing the motion.

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538

The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. III. Kinematics

C. P. Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1984 · 810 citations

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Bird Flight Performance: A Practical Calculation Manual

C. T. Nisbet, C. J. Pennycuick · Colonial Waterbirds · 1992 · 580 citations

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The Aerodynamics of Free-Flight Maneuvers in <i>Drosophila</i>

Steven N. Fry, Rosalyn W. Sayaman, Michael H. Dickinson · Science · 2003 · 534 citations

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Visual control of flight behaviour in the hoverflySyritta pipiens L.

Thomas S Collett, M. F. Land · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 1975 · 513 citations

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The mechanics of flight in the hawkmoth <i>Manduca sexta</i> I. Kinematics of hovering and forward flight

Alexander P. Willmott, Charles P. Ellington · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1997 · 472 citations

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    Michael H. Dickinson

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    24 publications · 3.2K citations

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    Tyson L. Hedrick

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    17 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. AA
    Andrew A. Biewener

    Harvard University, United States

    14 publications · 1K citations

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    Anders Hedenström

    Lund University, Sweden

    13 publications · 642 citations

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    Bret W. Tobalske

    University of Montana, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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456

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    21 h-index

    58 publications

    6.2K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    19 h-index

    34 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    16 h-index

    43 publications

    3K citations

  4. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    15 h-index

    34 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    14 h-index

    53 publications

    5.2K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    2K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

    Tübingen, Germany

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    2K citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    103 publications · 10.4K citations

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  2. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

    19 publications · 801 citations

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  3. Journal of The Royal Society Interface

    15 publications · 630 citations

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  4. Journal of Comparative Physiology A

    10 publications · 764 citations

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  5. Nature

    9 publications · 650 citations

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