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An application of smoke-wire visualization on a hovering insect wing

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA

    Yun Liu, Bo Cheng & Xinyan Deng

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Liu, Y., Cheng, B. & Deng, X. An application of smoke-wire visualization on a hovering insect wing. J Vis 16, 185–187 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-013-0165-2

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