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physics.flu-dyn2017★ 18 cited
Bistability in the rotational motion of rigid and flexible flyers
Yangyang Huang, Leif Ristroph, Mitul Luhar +1
We explore the rotational stability of hovering flight. Our model is motivated by an experimental pyramid-shaped object and a computational lambda-shaped analog hovering passively…
cond-mat.soft2017★ 55 cited
Guiding microscale swimmers using teardrop-shaped posts
Megan S. Davies Wykes, Xiao Zhong, Jiajun Tong +6
The swimming direction of biological or artificial microscale swimmers tends to be randomised over long time-scales by thermal fluctuations. Bacteria use various strategies to bias…