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Flight Performance Estimation of Bionic Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle [PDF]

Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao, 2018
Bionic flapping-wing micro air vehicle(MAV) has received worldwide attention.The flight performance calculation is an important step in the conceptual design.The differences in performance estimation methods between the flapping-wing and conventional ...

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Design Challenges to Expand the Functionality of Drones: Deformable Rotorcraft and Nature‐Inspired Flapping Drones

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This review systematically analyzes deformable drones, including extendable, foldable, and tilting configurations, along with nature‐inspired flapping rotorcraft. By classifying deformation principles and structural mechanisms, design trade‐offs, functional capabilities, and future development potential are highlighted.
Ju‐Hee Lee, Sumin Jung, Jinwoo Jang, Yeji Han, Minchae Kang, Jihun Seong, Suyeon Seo, Eunsol Park, Haesol Kwak, Min‐Woo Han   +9 more
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The Functions of Phasic Wing-Tip Folding on Flapping-Wing Aerodynamics

Biomimetics
Insects produce a variety of highly acrobatic maneuvers in flight owing to their ability to achieve various wing-stroke trajectories. Among them, beetles can quickly change their flight velocities and make agile turns.
Yiming Li, Keyu Li, Fang Fu, Yao Li, Bing Li   +4 more
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Flight modes in migrating European bee-eaters: heart rate may indicate low metabolic rate during soaring and gliding. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: Many avian species soar and glide over land. Evidence from large birds (m(b)>0.9 kg) suggests that soaring-gliding is considerably cheaper in terms of energy than flapping flight, and costs about two to three times the basal metabolic rate ...
Nir Sapir, Martin Wikelski, Marshall D McCue, Berry Pinshow, Ran Nathan   +4 more
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Raman Signature of the Wings of the Globe Skimmer Dragonfly: Pantala flavescens

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
Raman spectroscopy is used to confirm the presence of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and related derivatives including aldehydes, halides, alcohols, acids, esters, and phenols on the wings of Pantala flavescens. The analysis indicates that wing‐surface lipid composition is largely consistent across the three main ecological zones in Ghana. Notably,
Rachel Desulme, Eva Gates, Myah Massiah, Malek Stafford, Lou Bellinghausen, Lillian Blanchard, Henry Adamson, Evajoice Otoo, Thomas D. Dovie, Abdul A. R. M. Rashid, Ebenezer Boakye, Calvin A. Asiedu, Princess W. Coffie, Hilda Armonle, Abigail Mensah, Kofi W. Adu, Jessica L. Ware, Lara D. LaDage, Rofela Combey, Ekaterina S. Kiseeva   +19 more
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The aerodynamic effects of wing rotation and a revised quasi-steady model of flapping flight [PDF]

, 2002
We used a dynamically scaled model insect to measure the rotational forces produced by a flapping insect wing. A steadily translating wing was rotated at a range of constant angular velocities, and the resulting aerodynamic forces were measured using a ...
Dickinson, Michael H., Sane, Sanjay P.
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The Spectrum of Abnormal Tongue Movements: Review of Phenomenology, Etiology, and Differential Diagnosis

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Classifying abnormal tongue movements is challenging due to their varied presentations and limited visibility compared to other body parts. Accurate identification of the phenomenology guides physical examination and can point to specific diagnoses.
Nathaniel Bendahan, Seyed‐Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Christos Ganos, Emily Swinkin, Anthony E. Lang   +4 more
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Flight Mechanics and Control of Escape Manoeuvres in Hummingbirds. I. Flight Kinematics [PDF]

, 2016
Hummingbirds are nature’s masters of aerobatic manoeuvres. Previous research shows that hummingbirds and insects converged evolutionarily upon similar aerodynamic mechanisms and kinematics in hovering.
Cheng, Bo, Chiu, George T.C., Deng, Xinyan, Hedrick, Tyson L, Powers, Donald R, Tobalske, Bret W, Wethington, Susan M   +6 more
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Development of 4D printing and its performance testing methods

Responsive Materials, EarlyView.
This paper reviews the molding methods of 4D printing and its applications in various fields, with emphasis on 4D printing performance testing methods. Abstract 4D printing is a cutting‐edge additive manufacturing technology that introduces the time dimension, allowing printed objects to have dynamic, changeable properties, functions or shapes ...
Guiwei Li, Chaoyue Huang, Yucheng Luo, Jialu Xu, Lei Zhang, Fei Gao, Ke Li, Wenzheng Wu, Luquan Ren   +8 more
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Big Bird: A global dataset of birds in drone imagery annotated to species level

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Drones are a valuable tool for surveying birds, but manually detecting and identifying birds in drone images is costly. We assembled a diverse dataset of 23 865 images of birds captured with 21 different drones across 11 countries. We labelled 4824 of these images, detailing the location, species, posture category, age category, and sex of 49 990 birds
Joshua P. Wilson, Tatsuya Amano, Thomas Bregnballe, Alejandro Corregidor‐Castro, Roxane Francis, Diego Gallego‐García, Jarrod C. Hodgson, Landon R. Jones, César R. Luque‐Fernández, Dominik Marchowski, John McEvoy, Ann E. McKellar, W. Chris Oosthuizen, Christian Pfeifer, Martin Renner, José Hernán Sarasola, Mateo Sokač, Roberto Valle, Adam Zbyryt, Richard A. Fuller   +19 more
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