Aerodynamics, sensing and control of insect-scale flapping-wing flight

W Shyy, C Kang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
There are nearly a million known species of flying insects and 13 000 species of flying warm-
blooded vertebrates, including mammals, birds and bats. While in flight, their wings not only …

A review of research on the mechanical design of hoverable flapping wing micro-air vehicles

S Xiao, K Hu, B Huang, H Deng, X Ding - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Most insects and hummingbirds can generate lift during both upstroke and downstroke with
a nearly horizontal flapping stroke plane, and perform precise hovering flight. Further, most …

Progress on “pico” air vehicles

RJ Wood, B Finio, M Karpelson, K Ma… - Robotics Research: The …, 2017 - Springer
As the characteristic size of a flying robot decreases, the challenges for successful flight
revert to basic questions of fabrication, actuation, fluid mechanics, stabilization, and power …

Wing flexibility enhances load-lifting capacity in bumblebees

AM Mountcastle, SA Combes - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The effect of wing flexibility on aerodynamic force production has emerged as a central
question in insect flight research. However, physical and computational models have …

[HTML][HTML] Flapping wing micro-aerial-vehicle: Kinematics, membranes, and flapping mechanisms of ornithopter and insect flight

MFB Abas, ASBM Rafie, HB Yusoff… - Chinese Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The application of biomimetics in the development of unmanned-aerial-vehicles (UAV) has
advanced to an exceptionally small scale of nano-aerial-vehicles (NAV), which has …

Biomechanical strategies for mitigating collision damage in insect wings: structural design versus embedded elastic materials

AM Mountcastle, SA Combes - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
The wings of many insects accumulate considerable wear and tear during their lifespan, and
this irreversible structural damage can impose significant costs on insect flight performance …

[图书][B] Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications, 3 Volume Set

M Mishra - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

[HTML][HTML] Review on ultra-lightweight flapping-wing nano air vehicles: Artificial muscles, flight control mechanism, and biomimetic wings

W Liang, S Bifeng, SUN Zhongchao… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flying insects are capable of flapping their wings to provide the required power and control
forces for flight. A coordinated organizational system including muscles, wings, and control …

Numerical study on hydrodynamic effect of flexibility in a self-propelled plunging foil

X Zhu, G He, X Zhang - Computers & Fluids, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study is a numerical investigation of the hydrodynamic effects of passive
flexibility on a self-propelled plunging foil. In the model problem, the flow is two-dimensional …

Effects of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios

A Shahzad, FB Tian, J Young, J Lai - Physics of Fluids, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic hovering performance of wings at
a Reynolds number of 400 has been assessed by conducting fluid structure interaction …