Closed-loop turbulence control is a critical enabler of aerodynamic drag reduction, lift
increase, mixing enhancement, and noise reduction. Current and future applications have …

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to revolutionize our sensing and information
gathering capabilities in areas such as environmental monitoring and homeland security …

Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled
agility and maneuvering characteristics, achieved by functionally versatile dynamic wing …

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 …

This paper presents the design of a bat-like micro aerial vehicle with actuated morphing
wings. NiTi shape memory alloys (SMAs) acting as artificial biceps and triceps muscles are …

Insect wings demonstrate elaborate three-dimensional deformations and kinematics. These
deformations are key to understanding many aspects of insect flight including aerodynamics …

It is challenging to analyze the aerial locomotion of bats because of the complicated and
intricate relationship between their morphology and flight capabilities. Developing a …

Bat echolocation is primarily used for orientation and foraging but also holds great potential
for social communication. The communicative function of echolocation calls is still largely …

There are many challenges to measuring power input and force output from a flapping
vertebrate. Animals can vary a multitude of kinematic parameters simultaneously, and …

Insects, birds, and bats that power and control flight by flapping their wings perform excellent
flight stability and maneuverability by rapidly and continuously varying their wing motions …