Bio: Dynamic Mechanisms of Insect Flight

Presentations

• Toward understanding the mechanics of hovering in insects, hummingbirds and bats

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 8:00 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 8:13 AM

  Authors

  • Hamid Vejdani

    • School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • David Boerma

    • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Sharon Swartz

    • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Kenneth Breuer

    • School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI
    • Brown University

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• Effects of altitude on the climbing performance of Monarch butterflies

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 8:13 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 8:26 AM

  Authors

  • Chang-kwon Kang

    • Univ of Alabama - Huntsville

  • Madhu Sridhar

    • Univ of Alabama - Huntsville

  • David Landrum

    • Univ of Alabama - Huntsville

  • Hikaru Aono

    • Tokyo University of Science

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• Bats dynamically change wingspan to enhance lift and efficiency

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 8:26 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 8:39 AM

  Authors

  • Shizhao Wang

    • Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Xing Zhang

    • Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Guowei He

    • Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Tianshu Liu

    • Western Michigan University

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• Investigation of Body-involved Lift Enhancement in Bio-inspired Flapping Flight

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 8:39 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 8:52 AM

  Authors

  • Junshi Wang

    • University of Virginia

  • Geng Liu

    • University of Virginia

  • Yan Ren

    • University of Virginia

  • Haibo Dong

    • University of Virginia

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• Role of passive deformation on propulsion through a lumped torsional flexibility model

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 8:52 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 9:05 AM

  Authors

  • Nipun Arora

    • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

  • Amit Gupta

    • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

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• The role of resonance in propulsion of an elastic pitching wing with or without inertia

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 9:05 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 9:18 AM

  Authors

  • Yang Zhang

    • Vanderbilt University

  • Chunhua Zhou

    • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  • Haoxiang Luo

    • Vanderbilt University

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• Bristles reduce force required to fling wings apart in small insects.

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 9:18 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 9:31 AM

  Authors

  • Shannon Jones

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Young Yun

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Tyson Hedrick

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Boyce Griffith

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Laura Miller

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• Flapping flight using bristled wings: effects of varying gap to diameter ratios

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 9:31 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 9:44 AM

  Authors

  • Vishwa Teja Kasoju

    • Oklahoma State Univ

  • Arvind Santhanakrishnan

    • Oklahoma State University
    • Oklahoma State Univ

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• Hovering and targeting flight simulations of a dragonfly-like flapping wing-body model by IB-LBM

  ORAL

  Nov. 22, 2016, 9:44 AM – Nov. 22, 2016, 9:57 AM

  Authors

  • Takaji Inamuro

    • Dept. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyoto University

  • Kensuke Hirohashi

    • Dept. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Kyoto University

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