Keyword

flapping wings

Description: Wings undergoing repeated oscillatory motion, studied in unsteady aerodynamics, fluid–structure interaction, and aeroelasticity.

Primary topic: Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (74%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/flapping-wings

Leading-edge vortices in insect flight

1996 · Charles P. Ellington, Coen van den Berg, et al. · Nature · 1,751

The aerodynamics of insect flight

2003 · Sanjay P. Sane · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1,258

Static vs dynamic loads as an influence on bone remodelling

1984 · L.E. Lanyon, C.T. Rubin · Journal of Biomechanics · 887

Aerodynamics of Low Reynolds Number Flyers

2007 · Wei Shyy, Yongsheng Lian, et al. · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 782

The aerodynamic effects of wing rotation and a revised quasi-steady model of flapping flight

2002 · Sanjay P. Sane, Michael H. Dickinson · Journal of Experimental Biology · 775

Flapping and flexible wings for biological and micro air vehicles

1999 · Wei Shyy, Mats Berg, et al. · Progress in Aerospace Sciences · 731

Spanwise flow and the attachment of the leading-edge vortex on insect wings

2001 · James M. Birch, Michael H. Dickinson · Nature · 694

The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. I. The quasi-steady analysis

1984 · Charles Porter Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 671

Challenges Facing Future Micro-Air-Vehicle Development

2006 · Darryll J. Pines, Felipe Bohorquez · Journal of Aircraft · 585

A hybrid Cartesian/immersed boundary method for simulating flows with 3D, geometrically complex, moving bodies

2005 · Anvar Gilmanov, Fotis Sotiropoulos · Journal of Computational Physics · 563

Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings

2009 · David Lentink, Michael H. Dickinson · Journal of Experimental Biology · 525

Unsteady forces and flows in low Reynolds number hovering flight:two-dimensional computationsvsrobotic wing experiments

2003 · Z. Jane Wang, James M. Birch, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 510

Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight

2014 · Steven J. Portugal, Tatjana Y. Hubel, et al. · Nature · 466

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A tailless aerial robotic flapper reveals that flies use torque coupling in rapid banked turns

2018 · Matěj Karásek, Florian T. Muijres, et al. · Science · 435

Force production and flow structure of the leading edge vortex on flapping wings at high and low Reynolds numbers

2004 · James M. Birch, William B. Dickson, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 431

Additive manufacturing in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Challenges and potential

2016 · G.D. Goh, S. Agarwala, et al. · Aerospace Science and Technology · 414

On the Weis-Fogh mechanism of lift generation

1973 · M. J. Lighthill · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 356

The three–dimensional leading–edge vortex of a ‘hovering’ model hawkmoth

1997 · Coen van den Berg, Charles P. Ellington · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 343

An immersed interface method for simulating the interaction of a fluid with moving boundaries

2006 · Sheng Xu, Z. Jane Wang · Journal of Computational Physics · 335

Effects of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings

2011 · C.-K. Kang, H. Aono, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 293

A three-dimensional computational study of the aerodynamic mechanisms of insect flight

2002 · Ravi Ramamurti, William C. Sandberg · Journal of Experimental Biology · 281

Aerodynamic effects of flexibility in flapping wings

2009 · Liang Zhao, Qingfeng Huang, et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 277

Dynamic Stall in Pitching Airfoils: Aerodynamic Damping and Compressibility Effects

2014 · Thomas C. Corke, Flint O. Thomas · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 276

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The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. V. A vortex theory

1984 · Charles Porter Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 272

Influence of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering wing

2008 · Marcos Vanella, Timothy Fitzgerald, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 261

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Citation count: 50,800