Biomimetics in Aerospace Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

During millions of years of evolution, nature has developed processes, objects, materials, and functions to increase efficiency. Through biomimicry and inspiration from this treasure trove, engineers and biologists have become interested in learning from biological insights. Sometimes, looking at nature provides us with the best answers for the development and optimization of different types of systems, including aerospace systems. Nature always has effective solutions for many complex tasks in aerospace industries, such as drag reduction techniques, locomotion, navigation, control, sensing, and aircraft design. The growing science of biomimicry focuses on the numerous things engineers can learn about efficient solutions for aerospace systems that nature has spent millions of years refining. As an example, one of the interesting aspects of avian flight dynamics is how natural flyers, such as birds and insects, can deform their shape to optimize their flight in different flight modes. Therefore, the concept of morphing structures for aerial vehicles can be traced to the observation of birds as they fly.

This Special Issue invites submissions that apply the knowledge learned and inspired by nature and biological systems to solve concrete aerospace engineering problems, including but not limited to:

• Bioinspired morphing design for aerial systems;
• Biomimetics or bioinspired approaches for aerial systems drag reduction;
• Bioinspired drones/UAVs;
• Avian/insects and bioinspired flying systems;
• Bioinspired materials for aerospace structures;
• Bioinspired or biomimetics control techniques for aerospace systems;
• Bioinspired or biomimetics multisensory navigation;
• Bioinspired or biomimetics propulsion systems for aerial vehicles;
• Bioinspired flocking and swarming flight;
• Bioinspired amphibious systems;
• Bioinspired antipredator adoption mechanisms for aerial systems.

Prof. Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian
Guest Editor

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