Several advanced medical and engineering tasks, such as microsurgery, drug delivery
through arteries, pipe inspection, and sewage cleaning, can be more efficiently handled …

This paper reports a fundamental investigation on the aerodynamics of two-dimensional
flapping wings in tandem configuration in forward flight. Of particular interest are the effects …

Numerous investigations have been conducted to understand the wall effects on rotors. The
purpose of this study is to further investigate the aerodynamic performance of revolving …

The impacts of partial confinement on the power extraction performance of a flapping foil
generator at a Reynolds number of 1100 are numerically studied using an immersed …

A detailed series of experiments is performed to investigate the 'ground effect'experienced
by propulsive flapping foils operating near a solid boundary. A high aspect ratio foil is towed …

The ceiling effect on the aerodynamics of a hovering flapping wing is investigated by solving
the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Computations have been …

The free locomotion of a two-dimensional flapping flexible plate near the flat ground is
studied by the lattice Boltzmann method for fluid flow and a finite-element method for the …

This paper reports the results of combined experimental and numerical studies on the
ground effect on a pair of three-dimensional (3D) hovering wings. Parameters investigated …

This research reports the numerical results of the ground effect trend for a three-dimensional
flapping insect wing at a very low Reynolds number (Re= 10). It demonstrates that the …

The ceiling effect on the aerodynamics of flapping wings with an advance ratio is
investigated by solving the three-dimensional incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. The …