ArticleBiology letters2022
The hawkmoth wingbeat is not at resonance.
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- Wing hinge dynamics influence stroke amplitudes in flapping wing insects: a frequency response approach.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Causal models of rate-independent damping in insect exoskeleta.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Efficiency and control trade-offs and work loop characteristics of flapping-wing systems with synchronous and asynchronous muscles.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Moth resonant mechanics are tuned to wingbeat frequency and energetic demands.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Universal wing- and fin-beat frequency scaling.PloS one · 2024Article
- The self-oscillation paradox in the flight motor ofJournal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
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- Structural damping renders the hawkmoth exoskeleton mechanically insensitive to non-sinusoidal deformations.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Experimental studies suggest differences in the distribution of thorax elasticity between insects with synchronous and asynchronous musculature.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Musculoskeletal wing-actuation model of hummingbirds predicts diverse effects of primary flight muscles in hovering flight.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- The hawkmoth wingbeat is not at resonance.Biology letters · 2022Article
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Abstract
Flying insects have elastic materials within their exoskeletons that could reduce the energetic cost of flight if their wingbeat frequency is matched to a mechanical resonance frequency. Flapping at resonance may be essential across flying insects because of the power demands of small-scale flapping flight. However, building up large-amplitude resonant wingbeats over many wingstrokes may be detrimental for control if the total mechanical energy in the spring-wing system exceeds the per-cycle work capacity of the flight musculature. While the mechanics of the insect flight apparatus can behave as a resonant system, the question of whether insects flap their wings at their resonant frequency remains unanswered. Using previous measurements of body stiffness in the hawkmoth,
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