This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers interested in the aerodynamics,
structural dynamics and flight dynamics of small birds, bats and insects, as well as of micro …

Low Reynolds number aerodynamics is important to a number of natural and man-made
flyers. Birds, bats, and insects have been of interest to biologists for years, and active study …

BIRDS, insects, fish, and cetaceans, such as whales and dolphins, have evolved and used
flapping-wing systems for thrust and lift production for millions of years. An understanding of …

WITH our desire to understand the capabilities of natural flyers such as birds, bats, and
insects, and, lately, with increasing interest in developing the micro air vehicle technologies …

There is currently a great deal of interest within the aviation community in the design of
small, slow-flying but manoeuvrable uninhabited vehicles for reconnaissance, surveillance …

The creation of micro air vehicles (MAVs) of the same general sizes and weight as natural
fliers has spawned renewed interest in flapping wing flight. With a wingspan of …

It was thought that the aerodynamics of flapping flight in birds is fully understood for quite
some time, but recent studies have shown that this is not the case. Bird flight uses …

FLAPPING flight is highly suitable for micro air vehicles (MAVs), which by requirement are
compact with dimensions of less than 15–20 cm, have flight speeds of around 10–15 m= s …

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) with wing spans of 15cm or less, and flight speed of 30–60kph are
of interest for military and civilian applications. There are two prominent features of MAV …

MICRO air vehicles (MAVs) are small (approximately 150 mm) handheld flying machines
that are attractive for flight inside buildings, caves, and tunnels. Such indoor flight is of …