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On the shape of cicada's wing leading-edge cross section
Rachel M Starkweather1, Svetlana V Poroseva2, David T Hanson3
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Abstract:
An important role that the leading-edge cross-section shape plays in the wing flight performance is well known in aeronautics. However, little is known about the shape of the leading-edge cross section of an insect's wing and its contribution to remarkable qualities of insect flight. In this paper, we reveal, in the first time, the shape of the leading-edge cross section of a cicada's wing and analyze its variability along the wing. We also identify and quantify similarities in characteristic dimensions of this shape in the wings of three different cicada species.
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