Recently, flapping wing micro air vehicles have received great attention with the drive to make smaller and smaller devices. This paper describes a theoretical investigation and subsequent practical implementation of a ...

El régimen de vuelo para los MAV (por Micro Air Vehicles), de por si plantea numerosos desafíos para el análisis y el diseño aerodinámico. Además, existen escasos experimentos computacionales para superficies aerodinámicas ...

A co-simulation strategy for modeling the unsteady dynamics of flying insects and small birds as well as biologically inspired flapping-wing micro-air-vehicles is developed in this work. In particular, the dynamic system ...

Throughout the last decade, there has been an increased demand for intricate flapping-wing drones with different capabilities than larger drones. The design of flapping-wing drones is focused on endurance and stability, ...

Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and micro air vehicles (MAVs) constitute unique application platforms for vibration-based energy harvesting. Generating usable electrical energy during their mission has the important practical ...

A range of quasi-steady and unsteady aerodynamic models are used to predict the aerodynamic forces experienced by a flapping wing and a detailed comparison amongst these predictions in provided. The complexity of the models ...