A Retrospective of Project Robo Raven: Developing New Capabilities for Enhancing the Performance of Flapping Wing Aerial Vehicles

HA Bruck, SK Gupta - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flapping Wing Air Vehicles (FWAVs) have proven to be attractive alternatives to fixed wing
and rotary air vehicles at low speeds because of their bio-inspired ability to hover and …

Comparative Assessment on Unsteady Aerodynamics of Thin and Thick Airfoils Subjected to Pitching Motion

M Shaik, N Lekkala, U Pentakota… - … of Computational and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the comparison between the unsteady flow characteristics of thick (t/c≥
6%) and thin (t/c≤ 6%) airfoils performing pitching motion at Reynolds number Re= 3.6× 10 …

Investigation on the unsteady aerodynamic performance of the Drela AG 08 and Boeing B29 airfoils subjected to heaving motion

M Shaik, N Lekkala, S Gudepu, P Dogga… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article aims to investigate the unsteady flow characteristics of Drela AG08 and Boeing
B29 airfoils when subjected to heaving motion. The influence of heave amplitude, heave …