Inflected wings in flight: Uniform flow of stresses makes strong and light wings for stable flight

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Flying animals morph and flex their wings during flight. Their with the turbulent flow created around them. The of modern airplanes do not have this ability. In study we show that ability to leads greater stability (higher flutter speed), is due more uniform distribution stresses in flexing wing. This way wing becomes lightest per unit flapping force, or strongest weight.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Theoretical Biology

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['1095-8541', '0022-5193']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110452