Nowadays, there is a growing need for flying drones with diverse capabilities for both civilian
and military applications. There is also a significant interest in the development of novel …

Micro air vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to revolutionize our sensing and information
gathering capabilities in areas such as environmental monitoring and homeland security …

This is an ideal book for graduate students and researchers interested in the aerodynamics,
structural dynamics and flight dynamics of small birds, bats and insects, as well as of micro …

Effects of chordwise, spanwise, and isotropic flexibility on the force generation and
propulsive efficiency of flap** wings are elucidated. For a moving body immersed in …

Recent work on the aerodynamics of flap** flight reveals fundamental differences in the
mechanisms of aerodynamic force generation between fixed and flap** wings. When fixed …

Flap** wings often feature a leading-edge vortex (LEV) that is thought to enhance the lift
generated by the wing. Here the lift on a wing featuring a leading-edge vortex is considered …

We present a fluid–structure interactions (FSI) model of insect flap** flight with flexible
wings. This FSI-based model is established by loosely coupling a finite element method …

Micro‐and nano air vehicles are defined as “extremely small and ultra‐lightweight air
vehicle systems” with a maximum wingspan length of 15 cm and a weight less than 20 …

Hovering is a miracle of insects that is observed for all sizes of flying insects. Sizing effect in
insect hovering on flap**-wing aerodynamics is of interest to both the micro-air-vehicle …