Keyword

hovering flight

Description: A flight mode in which an animal or vehicle remains approximately stationary relative to the surrounding air or ground, studied in biomechanics and aerodynamics.

Primary topic: Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (38%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/hovering-flight

Quick Estimates of Flight Fitness in Hovering Animals, Including Novel Mechanisms for Lift Production

1973 · Torkel Weis-Fogh · Journal of Experimental Biology · 1,371

Quadrotor Helicopter Flight Dynamics and Control: Theory and Experiment

2007 · Gabriel Hoffmann, Haomiao Huang, et al. · AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit · 1,121

Unsteady aerodynamic force generation by a model fruit fly wing in flapping motion

2002 · Mao Sun, Jian Tang · Journal of Experimental Biology · 566

Flapping Wing Aerodynamics: Progress and Challenges

2008 · Max F. Platzer, Kevin D. Jones, et al. · AIAA Journal · 542

The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. IV. Aerodynamic mechanisms

1984 · Charles Porter Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 535

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

Scaling in Biology

2000 · James H. Brown, Geoffrey B. West · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 449

Energy-minimizing kinematics in hovering insect flight

2007 · GORDON J. BERMAN, Z. JANE WANG · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 439

Energetics of Hovering Flight in Hummingbirds and in Drosophila

1972 · Torkel Weis-Fogh · Journal of Experimental Biology · 360

Leading-Edge Vortex Improves Lift in Slow-Flying Bats

2008 · F. T. Muijres, L. C. Johansson, et al. · Science · 350

The aerodynamics of hovering flight inDrosophila

2005 · Steven N. Fry, Rosalyn Sayaman, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 329

Dynamic flight stability of a hovering bumblebee

2005 · Mao Sun, Yan Xiong · Journal of Experimental Biology · 295

Fish Swimming and Bird/Insect Flight

2011 · Theodore Yaotsu Wu · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 287

The Kinematics and Aerodynamics of the Free Flight of Some Diptera

1989 · A. Roland Ennos · Journal of Experimental Biology · 272

Influence of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of a hovering wing

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

Insect flight dynamics: Stability and control

2014 · Mao Sun · Reviews of Modern Physics · 251

Three-dimensional kinematics of hummingbird flight

2007 · Bret W. Tobalske, Douglas R. Warrick, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 248

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Oxygen Consumption of Moths During Rest, Pre-Flight Warm-Up, and Flight in Relation to Body Size and Wing Morphology

1978 · George A. Bartholomew, Timothy M. Casey · Journal of Experimental Biology · 235

Mechanics of Forward Flight in Bumblebees: II. QUASI-STEADY LIFT AND POWER REQUIREMENTS

1990 · R. Dudley, C. P. Ellington · Journal of Experimental Biology · 233

Unsteady aerodynamic forces of a flapping wing

2004 · Jiang Hao Wu, Mao Sun · Journal of Experimental Biology · 227

The vortex wake of a ‘hovering’ model hawkmoth

1997 · Coen van den Berg, Charles P. Ellington · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 222

Effect of Forewing and Hindwing Interactions on Aerodynamic Forces and Power in Hovering Dragonfly Flight

2007 · Z. Jane Wang, David Russell · Physical Review Letters · 215

Power and efficiency of insect flight muscle

1985 · C. P. Ellington · Journal of Experimental Biology · 215

Deformable wing kinematics in free-flying hoverflies

2009 · Simon M. Walker, Adrian L. R. Thomas, et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 205

Passive wing pitch reversal in insect flight

2007 · ATTILA J. BERGOU, SHENG XU, et al. · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 202

Works count: 3,193

Citation count: 44,380