Wing flexibility improves bumblebee flight stability

Hummingbird flight stability and control in freestream turbulent winds

(2015) S. Ravi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Nectar vs. pollen loading affects the tradeoff between flight stability and maneuverability in bumblebees

(2015) Andrew M. Mountcastle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wing tucks are a response to atmospheric turbulence in the soaring flight of the steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis

(2014) K. V. Reynolds et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Into turbulent air: size-dependent effects of von Karman vortex streets on hummingbird flight kinematics and energetics

(2014) V. M. Ortega-Jimenez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rolling with the flow: bumblebees flying in unsteady wakes

(2013) S. Ravi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hawkmoth flight stability in turbulent vortex streets

(2013) V. M. Ortega-Jimenez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biomechanical strategies for mitigating collision damage in insect wings: structural design versus embedded elastic materials

(2013) A. M. Mountcastle et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Wing flexibility enhances load-lifting capacity in bumblebees

(2013) A. M. Mountcastle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Linking biomechanics and ecology through predator-prey interactions: flight performance of dragonflies and their prey

(2012) S. A. Combes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Effects of wing deformation on aerodynamic forces in hovering hoverflies

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

Flexible clap and fling in tiny insect flight

(2009) L. A. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) J. Young et al.   SCIENCE

Wind tunnel tests for a flapping wing model with a changeable camber using macro-fiber composite actuators

(2009) Dae-Kwan Kim et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Computational aerodynamics of low Reynolds number plunging, pitching and flexible wings for MAV applications

(2008) W. Shyy et al.   ACTA MECHANICA SINICA

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

(2008) Tyson L Hedrick   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics