Fig. 7. Aerodynamic signature of wing flutter using anemometry. (A,B) Values
replotted from the data of Combes and Daniel
(2003) show the wing movements
in terms of wing position and wing bending (excursion of trailing edge) as a
function of time (A). These data were taken for a wing oscillated at
frequencies typical of Manduca sexta. A Fourier analysis of the wing
bending reveals frequency peaks at wing beat frequency and twice the wing beat
frequency (B) similar to the frequency peaks measured in the trailing edge
anemometric record (C).