Since the birth of bio-inspired flap**-wing micro air vehicles, a controversial topic, ie,
whether and to what extent a flap** wing can outperform conventional micro rotors, has …

Flying and swimming in nature present sophisticated and exciting ventures in biomimetics,
which seeks sustainable solutions and solves practical problems by emulating nature's time …

We present unifying rules governing the efficient locomotion of swimming fish and marine
mammals. Using scaling and dimensional analysis, supported by new experimental data …

Simulations of symmetrical NACA airfoils pitching about their quarter chord point are
presented to investigate the scaling of their performance metrics, especially their …

Flap**-wing-based propulsion is ubiquitous in Nature, and it is free in all directions. In this
work, the hydrodynamic behaviour of an unconstrained flap** foil, which can self-propel in …

The variation in thrust generation with respect to Reynolds number was numerically
evaluated for an oscillating foil with combined pitching and heaving motion at a range of …

Many marine animals can dynamically twist their pectoral fins while swimming. The effects of
such dynamic twisting on the unsteady forces on the fin and its surrounding flow field are yet …

It has always been a challenge to implement the natural flyer and swimmer kinematics into
human-made aero/hydro vehicles for the enhancement of their performance. The propulsive …

Wings and fins with tandem configuration are commonly observed in a flock of birds or
schools of fish for enhanced performance while flying and summing. Emerging study on …

The insight to the hydrodynamics of the flap** hydrofoils can be utilized to comprehend
the fluid-mechanical mechanisms for the variation of the hydrofoil's propulsion performance …