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Flapping Flight

Flapping Flight is a biomechanical mode of aerial locomotion within the broader category of avian flight mechanisms, distinguished by the rhythmic downstroke and upstroke movements of the wings to generate both lift and thrust.

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

Sanjay P. Sane, Michael H. Dickinson · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2002 · 769 citations

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The control of flight force by a flapping wing: lift and drag production

Sanjay P. Sane, Michael H. Dickinson · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2001 · 737 citations · Full text

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Flapping and flexible wings for biological and micro air vehicles

Mats Berg, Daniel Ljungqvist · Progress in Aerospace Sciences · 1999 · 724 citations

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Development of the Nano Hummingbird: A Tailless Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle

Matthew Keennon, Karl Klingebiel, Henry Won · 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition · 2012 · 692 citations

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

Charles P. Ellington · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1984 · 669 citations

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    Tyson L. Hedrick

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    24 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Robert J. Wood

    Harvard University, United States

    27 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Hoon Cheol Park

    Konkuk University, South Korea

    25 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Hao Liu

    Chiba University, Japan

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

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    Hoang Vu Phan

    Konkuk University, South Korea

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    123 publications

    8.8K citations

  2. Beihang University

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    136 publications

    6.3K citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    22 h-index

    139 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    22 h-index

    66 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. University of Montana

    Missoula, United States

    21 h-index

    37 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Konkuk University

    Seoul, South Korea

    21 h-index

    95 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    20 h-index

    72 publications

    7.2K citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    19 h-index

    34 publications

    2.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    95 publications · 11.2K citations

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  2. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

    67 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. AIAA Journal

    52 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    32 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. Journal of The Royal Society Interface

    34 publications · 2.1K citations

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