A surrogate forelimb: evolution, function and development of the avian cervical spine

RD Marek - Journal of Morphology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The neck is a critical portion of the avian spine, one that works in tandem with the beak to act
as a surrogate forelimb and allows birds to manipulate their surroundings despite the lack of …

Design and Theoretical Research on Aerial-Aquatic Vehicles: A Review

Y Sun, X Liu, K Cao, H Shen, Q Li, G Chen… - Journal of Bionic …, 2023 - Springer
With the rapid development of unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles, various tasks,
such as biodiversity monitoring, surveying, and map**, as well as, search and rescue can …

Wind and water tunnel testing of a morphing aquatic micro air vehicle

R Siddall, A Ortega Ancel, M Kovač - Interface focus, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Aerial robots capable of locomotion in both air and water would enable novel mission
profiles in complex environments, such as water sampling after floods or underwater …

Study on high-speed water entry of the projectile passing through an ice hole in a low-temperature environment based on a modified thermodynamic cavitation model

X Hu, Y Wei, C Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
It is a complicated problem to study high-speed water entry of a projectile passing through
an ice hole in a polar environment. This involves the constraint of the ice hole on the free …

Dynamics of water entry

L Vincent, T **ao, D Yohann, S Jung… - Journal of Fluid …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Diving induces large pressure during water entry accompanied by the creation of cavity and
water splash ejected from the free water surface. To minimize impact forces, divers …

Search and foraging behaviors from movement data: a comparison of methods

A Bennison, S Bearhop, TW Bodey… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Search behavior is often used as a proxy for foraging effort within studies of animal
movement, despite it being only one part of the foraging process, which also includes prey …

Dynamic characteristics of water entry under the effect of floating ice and an independent distance model of floating ice

X Hu, Y Wei, C Wang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
An ice-constrained environment significantly affects the water entry of projectiles. In this
paper, cavity evolution in the presence of floating ice is studied. The numerical method is …

Dynamic crushing of a dedicated buffer during the high-speed vertical water entry process

Y Li, T Sun, Z Zong, H Li, Y Zhao - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
A composite buffer has been designed to reduce the impact load of high-speed water entry
projectile. Rigid Polyurethane (PU) foams of different densities have been used to make the …

Analysis of the cavity evolution law of the projectile passing through the underwater ice-hole

X Hu, Y Wei, C Wang, L Yang, J Lu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
It is essential for the launch of polar ocean detectors to study the water entry behavior of
projectiles passing through underwater ice-holes. In this paper, numerical simulation …

Slamming dynamics of diving and its implications for diving-related injuries

A Pandey, J Yuk, B Chang, FE Fish, S Jung - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
In nature, many animals dive into water at high speeds, eg, humans dive from cliffs, birds
plunge, and aquatic animals porpoise and breach. Diving provides opportunities for animals …