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Ruixuan He, Xinjing Wang, Jian Li, Xiaodong Liu and Baowei Song
Recently, inspired by the flippers of humpback whales, researchers have been widely studying leading-edge tubercles for use as passive flow control devices. In this research, we numerically investigated the effects of leading-edge tubercles on a three-di...
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Yuanbo Dong, Bifeng Song, Wenqing Yang and Dong Xue
Due to the complexity of tailoring the wing flexibility and selecting favorable kinematics, the design of flapping wings is a considerably challenging problem. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate methods that can be used to design wings wit...
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Junjie He, Yonghui Cao, Qiaogao Huang, Guang Pan, Xin Dong and Yong Cao
Oscillating pectoral fins? spanwise flexibility is a key factor influencing the forwarding propulsion performance of bionic cownose rays, including thrust and heave-pitch stability. This study explores the effects of the bionic pectoral fin ray?s spanwis...
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Yuval Keren, Haim Abramovich and Rimon Arieli
To propel a lightweight structure, a hybrid wing structure was designed; the wing?s geometry resembled a rotor blade, and its flexibility resembled an insect?s flapping wing. The wing was designed to be flexible in twist and spanwise rigid, thus maintain...
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