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Flexible flapping systems: computational investigations into fluid-structure interactions

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Scaling laws for the thrust production of flexible pitching panels

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Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

(2013) K. Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Wake structures behind a swimming robotic lamprey with a passively flexible tail

(2012) M. C. Leftwich et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hydrodynamic wake resonance as an underlying principle of efficient unsteady propulsion

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

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Aerodynamic Effects of Structural Flexibility in Two-Dimensional Insect Flapping Flight

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(2011) S. Alben   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

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

On performance of an oscillating plate underwater propulsion system with variable chordwise flexibility at different depths of submergence

(2011) Oleksandr Barannyk et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUIDS AND STRUCTURES

Rather than resonance, flapping wing flyers may play on aerodynamics to improve performance

(2011) S. Ramananarivo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

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

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

Locomotion of a passively flapping flat plate

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On the roles of chord-wise flexibility in a flapping wing with hovering kinematics

(2010) JEFF D. ELDREDGE et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Effect of wing inertia on hovering performance of flexible flapping wings

(2010) Bo Yin et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Recent progress in flapping wing aerodynamics and aeroelasticity

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Aerodynamic and functional consequences of wing compliance

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

Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings

(2009) D. Lentink et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Aerodynamic effects of flexibility in flapping wings

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

Resonance and propulsion performance of a heaving flexible wing

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Leading-Edge Vortices Elevate Lift of Autorotating Plant Seeds

(2009) D. Lentink et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2009) J. Young et al.   SCIENCE

Influence of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering wing

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

Optimal flexibility of a flapping appendage in an inviscid fluid

(2008) SILAS ALBEN   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Numerical and experimental study of the fluid dynamics of a flapping wing with low order flexibility

(2008) Jonathan Toomey et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Biorobotic insights into how animals swim

(2007) P. R. Bandyopadhyay et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Vortex-wake interactions of a flapping foil that models animal swimming and flight

(2007) D. Lentink et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY