Aeroacoustics of Flapping Wings

Dear Colleagues,

Natural flapping flight has inspired tremendous research into bio-inspired flapping wing robotics in bird-like, bat-like, and insect-like forms during the last twenty years. Many bio-inspired flapping wing micro air vehicles are now ready for applications for both civil service and military surveillance. However, there have recently been challenges on flapping wing noise which have caught our attention regarding practical applications. Therefore, addressing, understanding, and reducing the perceived noise of flapping wings without compromising their aerodynamics would be crucial in surveillance missions. This Special Issue of Fluids, titled “Aeroacoustics of Flapping Wings”, aims to collect articles related to flapping wing noise in order to introduce them to readers in relevant research areas. Topics of the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, design of low noise flapping wings, CFD simulation, and experiment of aeroacoustics for flapping wings.

Dr. Quoc Viet Nguyen
Guest Editor

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• natural flight
• flapping wing
• aerodynamics
• aeroacoustics
• CFD simulation
• flapping wing noise
• noise reduction