Abstract: An investigation was made into the performance and scale effect of birdlike flapping wing aircraft in short landing. A flapping mechanism is proposed to transform a powered shaft rotation to an optimal kinematics of wing ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel method for strengthening existing timber beams that can effectively improve the deformability of beams. As high-performance engineered bamboo, bamboo scrimber was attached to the bottom tensile ...

Abstract: A new bio-inspired flapping wing rotor (FWR) configuration combining the high lift of a flapping wing (FW) with the vertical take-off and landing characteristics of a rotor has proved its concept feasibility in the last ...

Abstract: Drought is a natural hazard driven by extreme macroclimatic variability, and generally resulting in serious damage to the environment over a sizable area. Accurate, reliable, and timely forecasting of drought behavior plays ...