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most citedFlying with Abrupt Wing Flapping: Damselfly in Darting Flight

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physics.flu-dyn2025

The effects of temperature and viscosity on the metachronal swimming of crustaceans

Adrian Herrera-Amaya, Nils B. Tack, Zhipeng Lou +2

Temperature changes as small as C have been observed to significantly impact how self-propelled organisms move through their environment, especially for those inhabiting…

physics.flu-dyn2025

On the role of morphology and kinematics of biological swimmers to spread and suppress their odors in the wake

Maham Kamran, Amirhossein Fardi, Chengyu Li +1

Understanding the interplay between hydrodynamics and chemical sensing in aquatic environments is crucial for unraveling biological swimmers' navigation, foraging, and communicatio…

physics.flu-dyn2024

How does vortex dynamics help undulating bodies spread odor?

Maham Kamran, Amirhossein Fardi, Chengyu Li +1

In this paper, we examine the coupling between odor dynamics and vortex dynamics around undulating bodies, with a focus on bio-inspired propulsion mechanisms. Utilizing computation…

physics.flu-dyn2018

Adjoint-based optimization for thrust performance of a three-dimensional pitching-rolling plate

Min Xu, Mingjun Wei, Chengyu Li +1

An adjoint-based optimization is applied to study the thrust performance of a pitching-rolling ellipsoidal plate in a uniform stream at Reynolds number 100. To achieve the highest…

physics.flu-dyn2013★ 2 cited

Flying with Abrupt Wing Flapping: Damselfly in Darting Flight

Chengyu Li, Haibo Dong, Wen Zhang

Damselflies show abrupt, darting flight, which is the envy of aero-engineers. This amazing ability is used both to capture prey and, by males, to establish territories that can att…

physics.flu-dyn2012

Unsteady Flow and Force Control in Butterfly Take-off Flight

Haibo Dong, Chengyu Li, Zongxian Liang +1

In this work, high-resolution, high-speed videos of a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in take-off flight were obtained using a photogrammetry system. Using a 3D subdivision su…

physics.flu-dyn2011

Deterioration of Damselfly Flight Performance due to Wing Damage

Yan Ren, Zhe Ning, Kuo Gai +3

In this video, effect of chordwise damage on a damselfly (American Rubyspot)'s wings is investigated. High speed photogrammetry was used to collect the data of damselflies' flight…