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

As modern science and technology advance, bionics increasingly plays a crucial role in the
progress of thermal science. Bionics can provide superior design ideas for battery thermal …

Bio-inspired designs have been serving as a great inspiration for Aerodynamists for the past
several decades. The biological features of each species have evolved through generations …

Compared to wingless insects, pterygote insects profit from numerous wing‐related benefits
including a wider distribution range, the exploitation of various food resources and the …

The application of biomimetics in the development of unmanned-aerial-vehicles (UAV) has
advanced to an exceptionally small scale of nano-aerial-vehicles (NAV), which has …

Dragonflies count among the most skilful of the flying insects. Their exceptional aerodynamic
performance has been the subject of various studies. Morphological and kinematic …

Flow control is the attempt to favorably modify a flow field's characteristics compared to how
the flow would have developed naturally along the surface. Natural flyers and swimmers …

A flap**-wing micro air vehicle (FW-MAV) operating with aerodynamically optimal wing
configuration and kinematics may save energy and thus prolong flight time. In this work, we …

Dragonfly wings have two distinct features: a tandem configuration and wing corrugation.
Both features have been extensively studied with the aim to understand the superior flight …

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 …