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Simulation of Fluttering Lift in a Bird, Locust, Moth, Fly and Bee

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HOUGHTON, G. Simulation of Fluttering Lift in a Bird, Locust, Moth, Fly and Bee. Nature 202, 1183–1185 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021183a0

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