Flying insects are able to hover and perform agile maneuvers by relying on their flap**
wings to produce control forces, as well as flight forces, due to the absence of tail control …

An extended unsteady vortex-lattice method is developed to study the aerodynamics of
insect flap** wings while hovering and during forward flight. Leading-edge suction …

Because of the relatively high flap** frequency associated with hovering insects and
flap** wing micro-air vehicles (FWMAVs), dynamic stability analysis typically involves …

The wing shape and kinematics of flap** wing nano air vehicles play a crucial role in the
effectiveness of the system. Optimizing these design parameters allows for greater …

The dynamics of flap** flight has been a research topic of interest with the objectives of
better characterization of insect flight or realization of successful flight of microair vehicles …

Studies on wing kinematics indicate that flap** insect wings operate at higher angles of
attack (AoAs) than conventional rotary wings. Thus, effectively flying an insect-like flap** …

Flap** flight dynamics is quite an intricate problem that is typically represented by a multi-
body, multi-scale, nonlinear, time-varying dynamical system. The unduly simple modeling …

Hovering flight for flap** wing vehicles requires rapid and relatively complex reciprocating
movement of a wing relative to a stationary surrounding fluid. This note develops a compact …

Biological flap** wing fliers operate efficiently and robustly in a wide range of flight
conditions and are a great source of inspiration to engineers. The unsteady aerodynamics of …