The effects of advance ratio and the wing's aspect ratio on the structure of the leading-edge
vortex (LEV) that forms on flapping and rotating wings under insect-like flight conditions are …

Identifying, characterizing, and tracking incoherent vortices in highly separated flows is of
interest for the development of new low-order models for unsteady lift prediction. The current …

We perform experiments to study the effect of a rotating tip surface on the outboard flow of a
finite-aspect-ratio, high-angle-of-attack translating wing. Prior work on unsteady, translating …

Recent interest in developing micro air vehicles (MAVs) for a variety of both civil and military
uses has driven significant research into the aerodynamics of natural flyers, such as insects …

Gusts are detrimental to small scale air vehicles, such as drones and micro air vehicles.
They experience strong gusts of various kinds frequently at low altitudes over different …