Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of Micro Air Vehicles
A special issue of Fluids (ISSN 2311-5521).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 1817
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Interests: flapping wing micro air vehicles; bio-inspired robots; flapping wing aerodynamics
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Dear Colleagues,
Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) have been constantly studied during the last decade. Many of them are now ready and being used for practical applications for both civil service and military surveillance. However, there have recently been challenges in aerodynamic efficiency; both the low Reynolds number and aeroacoustic noise caught our attention when they came into practical application. Therefore, addressing and understanding aerodynamics at a low Reynolds number for aerodynamics enhancement and reducing the perceived noise of micro air vehicles without compromising their aerodynamic efficiency would be crucial in practical missions. This Special Issue of Fluids, entitled “Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of Micro Air Vehicles”, aims to collect articles related to aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of micro air vehicles in order to introduce them to readers in relevant research areas. Topics of the Special Issue include but are not limited to, the aerodynamics of MAVs including flapping flight, wing and propeller design for low acoustic signature MAVs, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation, the experiment of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics for MAVs including fixed wings, rotary wings, and flapping wings.
Dr. Quoc Nguyen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bird flight
- insect flight
- bat flight
- micro air vehicles
- flapping wing
- unsteady aerodynamics
- aeroacoustics
- CFD simulation
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