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physics.bio-ph2010★ 250 cited
Rather than resonance, flapping wing flyers may play on aerodynamics to improve performance
Sophie Ramananarivo, Ramiro Godoy-Diana, Benjamin Thiria
Saving energy and enhancing performance are secular preoccupations shared by both nature and human beings. In animal locomotion, flapping flyers or swimmers rely on the flexibility…
physics.bio-ph2010★ 101 cited
How wing compliance drives the efficiency of self-propelled flapping flyers
Benjamin Thiria, Ramiro Godoy-Diana
Wing flexibility governs the flying performance of flapping wing flyers. Here, we use a self-propelled flapping-wing model mounted on a ``merry go round'' to investigate the effect…