In the Reynolds number range (1e4 − 1e5) relevant for bat or bird scale flapping wing robots, there is little experimental data, nor appropriate reduced …
The research is motivated by some previously-reported conflicting observations and explanations regarding the motility of flagellated bacteria swimming in polymer solutions. Three-dimensional real-time tracking microscopy …
In this dissertation, we combine laboratory experiments with theoretical analysis to study fluid-structure interactions of elastically mounted pitching unswept and swept wings. A cyber-physical system …
Numerous animals including fish, whales, dolphins, birds, bats and insects use appendages (fins and wings) with varying levels of flexibility and/or compliance, to provide propulsion …
In the field of complex fluid, such as emulsions, polymer, colloids or surfactant solutions, an interesting research process is to analysis their multiphase characters. The …
The last decades have brought the miniaturization of electronic components and a proliferation of miniature embedded systems such as Micro and Nano Aerial Vehicles (MAVs, …