The role of the leading edge vortex in lift augmentation of steadily revolving wings: a change in perspective

MRA Nabawy, WJ Crowther - Journal of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The presence of a stable leading edge vortex (LEV) on steadily revolving wings increases
the maximum lift coefficient that can be generated from the wing and its role is important to …

Wing design in flies: properties and aerodynamic function

S Krishna, M Cho, HN Wehmann, T Engels… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
The shape and function of insect wings tremendously vary between insect species. This
review is engaged in how wing design determines the aerodynamic mechanisms with which …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of wing flexibility and kinematics in flapping wing aerodynamics

R Addo-Akoto, JS Han, JH Han - Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Insects are excellent fliers because of their ability to generate precise wing kinematics and
deform their wings for the sufficient production of unsteady aerodynamic forces. Most of the …

Detachment of leading-edge vortex enhances wake capture force production

H Li, MRA Nabawy - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
During stroke reversals, insect wings interact with their own wake flow from the preceding
half-stroke, resulting in an unsteady aerodynamic mechanism known as 'wing–wake …

Effects of stroke amplitude and wing planform on the aerodynamic performance of hovering flapping wings

H Li, MRA Nabawy - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the effects of stroke amplitude and wing planform on the aerodynamics of
hovering flapping wings are considered by numerically solving the incompressible Navier …

[HTML][HTML] Remote Wind Turbine Inspections: Exploring the Potential of Multimodal Drones

A Omara, A Nasser, A Alsayed, MRA Nabawy - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the ever-increasing demand for harvesting wind energy, the inspection of its associated
infrastructures, particularly turbines, has become essential to ensure continued and …

A quasi-steady lifting line theory for insect-like hovering flight

MRA Nabawy, WJ Crowthe - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
A novel lifting line formulation is presented for the quasi-steady aerodynamic evaluation of
insect-like wings in hovering flight. The approach allows accurate estimation of aerodynamic …

Scalability of resonant motor-driven flapping wing propulsion systems

MRA Nabawy… - Royal Society Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This work aims to develop an integrated conceptual design process to assess the scalability
and performance of propulsion systems of resonant motor-driven flapping wing vehicles …

Data-driven CFD scaling of bioinspired Mars flight vehicles for hover

JA Pohly, C Kang, DB Landrum, JE Bluman, H Aono - Acta astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
One way to improve our model of Mars is through aerial sampling and surveillance, which
could provide information to augment the observations made by ground-based exploration …

Wing geometry and kinematic parameters optimization of bat-like robot fixed-altitude flight for minimum energy

B Duan, C Guo, T Mao, H Liu - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the geometry parameters (WGP) and kinematic parameters (WKP) of bat wings
are optimized by using the revised quasi-steady aerodynamic model and genetic particle …