Investigation on Wing Loading and Wing Power of Insects

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  • 昆虫の翼面荷重および翼面出力に関する研究
  • コンチュウ ノ ヨクメン カジュウ オヨビ ヨクメン シュツリョク ニ カンスル ケンキュウ

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The basic performance of the airplanes is expressed by a wing loading W/S and a wing power P/S, in which W, P and S show the weight, power and wing area, respectively. These wing loading and the wing power must be similar to those of vehicles in the natural world, that is, birds, insects, etc. In this paper, the wing loading of insects has been investigated and it has been shown that the wing loading performance of the insects has a close analogy with the performance of airplanes. We also has investigated the power of insects which has been decided by the muscle weight of insects, and obtained the W vs. P/S curve for insects. We have found that the performance curve of the wing power is compared with one of airplanes and the result agrees very well with each other

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