摘要
QuestionsconcerningthefunctionalroleofthehollowregionofthebutterflyPyrameisatalanta(L.)scaleareexperimentallyinvestigated.Attentionwasinitiallydirectedtothisproblembyobservationofthecomplexmicrostructureofthebutterflyscaleaswellasotherstudiesindicatinghigherliftonbutterflywingscoveredwithscale.Theaerodynamicforcesweremeasuredfortwooscillatingscalemodels.ResultsindicatedthattheaircavityofanoscillatingmodelofthePyrameisatalanta(L.)scaleincreasedtheliftbyafactorof1.15andreducedthedampingcoefficientsbyafactorof1.38.Themodificationoftheaerodynamiceffectsonthemodelofbutterflyscalewasduetoanincreaseofthevirtualairmass,whichinfluencedthebody.Thehollowregionofthescaleincreasedthevirtualairmassbyafactorof1.2.Thevirtualmassofthebutterflyscalewiththehollowregionwasrepresentedasthesumofairmassoftwoimaginarygeometricalfigures:acircularcylinderaroundthescaleandaright-angledparallelepipedwithinthehollowregion.TheinteractionmechanismofthebutterflyPyrameisatalanta(L.)scalewithaflowwasdescribed.Thisnovelinteractionmechanismexplainedmostgeometricalfeaturesoftheairpermeablebutterflyscale(invertedV-profileoftheridges,nozzleofthetipedge,hollowregion,andopeningsoftheupperlamina)andtheirarrangement.
出版日期
2008年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
