Distinct Aerodynamics of Insect-Scale Flight

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Distinct Aerodynamics of Insect-Scale Flight
	Contents
	1 Introduction
		1.1 Evolution and Variations of Flapping Flight in Nature
		1.2 Governing Equations and Dimensionless Parameters of
Flapping Flight
		1.3 Unsteady Aerodynamic Mechanisms of Flapping Flight
		1.4 Micro Air Vehicles
	2 Flexible Wing Aeroelasticity
		2.1 Non-dimensional Parameters and Scaling to Characterize
Flexible Wings
		2.2 Optimal Passive Wing Rotation
		2.3 Lift Enhancement Due to Wing Streamlining
		2.4 Aeroelasticity in Three-Dimensional Flow Fields
		2.5 Effects of Aspect Ratio on the Aerodynamic Performance
of Flexible Wings
		2.6 Summary and Concluding Remarks
	3 Stability and Dynamics of Flexible Flapping Wings
		3.1 Flight Dynamics of Flapping Flyer with Flexible Wings
		3.2 Stability of Hover for Rigid Wings
		3.3 Passively Pitching Flexible Flapping Wings in Hover
		3.4 Power Required to Hover with Flexible Wings
		3.5 Flexible Wings Stabilize the Unstable Mode
		3.6 Evolution of Flight from Hover
		3.7 Summary and Concluding Remarks
	4 Aerodynamic Interactions of Tandem Winged Systems Based on Dragonflies
		4.1 Flow Features during Slow Forward Flight and Hovering
		4.2 Implications of Wing Flexibility in Facilitating Wing-Wing
Interactions
		4.3 Wing-Wing Interactions during Free Flight
		4.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks
	5 Effects of Aspect Ratio on Flapping Wing Aerodynamics
		5.1 Tip-Leading-Edge Vortex Dynamics
		5.2 Vortex Evolution for Low- and Intermediate-AR Wings
		5.3 Summary and Concluding Remarks
	6 Perspectives and Future Outlook
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