Wing flexibility enhances load-lifting capacity in bumblebees

Coping with nonrepairable body damage: effects of wing damage on foraging performance in bees

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Effect of Flexural and Torsional Wing Flexibility on Lift Generation in Hoverfly Flight

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Elastic deformation and energy loss of flapping fly wings

(2011) F.-O. Lehmann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Resilin in dragonfly and damselfly wings and its implications for wing flexibility

(2011) Seth Donoughe et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Aerodynamic performance of a hovering hawkmoth with flexible wings: a computational approach

(2011) T. Nakata et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vortexlet models of flapping flexible wings show tuning for force production and control

(2010) A M Mountcastle et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Stiffness of desiccating insect wings

(2010) T E Mengesha et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Dynamics of animal movement in an ecological context: dragonfly wing damage reduces flight performance and predation success

(2010) S. A. Combes et al.   Biology Letters

Limits to vertical force and power production in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombus impatiens)

(2010) R. Buchwald et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effects of wing deformation on aerodynamic forces in hovering hoverflies

(2010) G. Du et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Aerodynamic and functional consequences of wing compliance

(2009) Andrew M. Mountcastle et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

Smoke visualization of free-flying bumblebees indicates independent leading-edge vortices on each wing pair

(2009) Richard James Bomphrey et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

Aerodynamic effects of flexibility in flapping wings

(2009) L. Zhao et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Deformable wing kinematics in free-flying hoverflies

(2009) S. M. Walker et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Details of Insect Wing Design and Deformation Enhance Aerodynamic Function and Flight Efficiency

(2009) J. Young et al.   SCIENCE

Software techniques for two- and three-dimensional kinematic measurements of biological and biomimetic systems

(2008) Tyson L Hedrick   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Robust flight performance of bumble bees with artificially induced wing wear

(2008) C. A. Haas et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Influence of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering wing

(2008) M. Vanella et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hindwings are unnecessary for flight but essential for execution of normal evasive flight in Lepidoptera

(2008) B. Jantzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA