ArticleCurrent opinion in insect science2018
Insect and insect-inspired aerodynamics: unsteadiness, structural mechanics and flight control.
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- Highly deformable flapping membrane wings suppress the leading edge vortex in hover to perform better.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Subtle frequency matching reveals resonant phenomenon in the flight of Odonata.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- A simple model of wake capture aerodynamics.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Aspect Ratio Effects on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Biomimetic Hummingbird Wing in Flapping.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Estimating fine-scale changes in turbulence using the movements of a flapping flier.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Dynamic experimental rigs for investigation of insect wing aerodynamics.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Review
- Systematic characterization of wing mechanosensors that monitor airflow and wing deformations.iScience · 2022Article
- Wing structure and neural encoding jointly determine sensing strategies in insect flight.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- Study of Mosquito Aerodynamics for Imitation as a Small Robot and Flight in a Low-Density Environment.Micromachines · 2021Review
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Abstract
Flying insects impress by their versatility and have been a recurrent source of inspiration for engineering devices. A large body of literature has focused on various aspects of insect flight, with an essential part dedicated to the dynamics of flapping wings and their intrinsically unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms. Insect wings flex during flight and a better understanding of structural mechanics and aeroelasticity is emerging. Most recently, insights from solid and fluid mechanics have been integrated with physiological measurements from visual and mechanosensors in the context of flight control in steady airs and through turbulent conditions. We review the key recent advances concerning flight in unsteady environments and how the multi-body mechanics of the insect structure-wings and body-are at the core of the flight control question. The issues herein should be considered when applying bio-informed design principles to robotic flapping wings.
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