Aerodynamic forces and flows of the full and partial clap-fling motions in insects

Aerodynamic Effects of Elevating Motion on Hovering Rigid Hawkmothlike Wings

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Underwater flight by the planktonic sea butterfly

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Wing-kinematics measurement and aerodynamics in a small insect in hovering flight

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Lift vs. drag based mechanisms for vertical force production in the smallest flying insects

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Aerodynamics and vortical structures in hovering fruitflies

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Scaling of Aerodynamic Forces of Three-Dimensional Flapping Wings

(2014) K. B. Lua et al.   AIAA JOURNAL

Clap and fling mechanism with interacting porous wings in tiny insect flight

(2014) A. Santhanakrishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lift-drag and flow structures associated with the “clap and fling” motion

(2014) Nipun Arora et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Wing motion measurement and aerodynamics of hovering true hoverflies

(2011) X. L. Mou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The mechanics and control of pitching manoeuvres in a freely flying hawkmoth (Manduca sexta)

(2011) B. Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Lighthill–Weis-Fogh clap–fling–sweep mechanism revisited

(2011) D. KOLOMENSKIY et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Two- and three-dimensional numerical simulations of the clap–fling–sweep of hovering insects

(2011) D. Kolomenskiy et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES

On the aerodynamic characteristics of hovering rigid and flexible hawkmoth-like wings

(2010) K. B. Lua et al.   EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS

Flexible clap and fling in tiny insect flight

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

Vorticity generation during the clap–fling–sweep of some hovering insects

(2009) Dmitry Kolomenskiy et al.   THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Wing kinematics measurement and aerodynamics of hovering droneflies

(2008) Y. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Photogrammetric reconstruction of high-resolution surface topographies and deformable wing kinematics of tethered locusts and free-flying hoverflies

(2008) S. M Walker et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface