Elastic storage enables robustness of flapping wing dynamics

Elastic-bound conditions for energetically optimal elasticity and their implications for biomimetic propulsion systems

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Effects of wing-to-body mass ratio on insect flapping flights

(2021) Ru Xu et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

A CFD data-driven aerodynamic model for fast and precise prediction of flapping aerodynamics in various flight velocities

(2021) Xuefei Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Simulation-based insect-inspired flight systems

(2020) Hao Liu   Current Opinion in Insect Science

The dynamics of passive feathering rotation in hovering flight of bumblebees

(2019) Dmitry Kolomenskiy et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES

A Three-axis PD Control Model for Bumblebee Hovering Stabilization

(2018) Xiangdong Zhang et al.   Journal of Bionic Engineering

Mechanics of the thorax in flies

(2017) Tanvi Deora et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biomechanics and biomimetics in insect-inspired flight systems

(2016) Hao Liu et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bumblebee Flight in Heavy Turbulence

(2016) T. Engels et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Pitch perfect: how fruit flies control their body pitch angle

(2015) S. C. Whitehead et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Controlling roll perturbations in fruit flies

(2015) T. Beatus et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Wing-pitch modulation in maneuvering fruit flies is explained by an interplay between aerodynamics and a torsional spring

(2015) Tsevi Beatus et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

In Vivo Time-Resolved Microtomography Reveals the Mechanics of the Blowfly Flight Motor

(2014) Simon M. Walker et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

(2013) K. Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Aerodynamics of a bio-inspired flexible flapping-wing micro air vehicle

(2011) T Nakata et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Effects of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings

(2011) C.-K. Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Micro air vehicle-motivated computational biomechanics in bio-flights: aerodynamics, flight dynamics and maneuvering stability

(2010) Hao Liu et al.   ACTA MECHANICA SINICA

Fruit Flies Modulate Passive Wing Pitching to Generate In-Flight Turns

(2010) Attila J. Bergou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Surprising behaviors in flapping locomotion with passive pitching

(2010) Saverio E. Spagnolie et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Discovering the flight autostabilizer of fruit flies by inducing aerial stumbles

(2010) L. Ristroph et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Size effects on insect hovering aerodynamics: an integrated computational study

(2009) H Liu et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Integrated modeling of insect flight: From morphology, kinematics to aerodynamics

(2008) Hao Liu   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

A two-dimensional computational study on the fluid-structure interaction cause of wing pitch changes in dipteran flapping flight

(2008) D. Ishihara et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY