Journal
CHINESE JOURNAL OF AERONAUTICS
Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages 170-186Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cja.2020.03.036
Keywords
Bio-inspired flight systems; Biomimetic air vehicle; Bionic aerodynamics; Micro air vehicle
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11872293, 11672225, 11602199]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2017M623184]
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Aerodynamic Design and Research of China [6142201190408]
- Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics Noise Control of China [1801ANCL20180103, 1901ANCL20190108]
- Australian Research Council [DP200101500, DE160101098]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China [B18040]
- Australian Research Council [DP200101500] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Humans' desire for flight stems from the imitation of flying creatures in nature, leading to the development of bio-inspired flight systems which have become disruptive aviation technologies. This review summarizes the development path of biomimetic air vehicles and the flight principles of natural creatures in bionic aerodynamics, while proposing new challenges for the autonomy and intelligent development trend.
Humans' initial desire for flight stems from the imitation of flying creatures in nature. The excellent flight performance of flying animals will inevitably become a source of inspiration for researchers. Bio-inspired flight systems have become one of the most exciting disruptive aviation technologies. This review is focused on the recent progresses in bio-inspired flight systems and bionic aerodynamics. First, the development path of Biomimetic Air Vehicles (BAVs) for bio-inspired flight systems and the latest mimetic progress are summarized. The advances of the flight principles of several natural creatures are then introduced, from the perspective of bionic aerodynamics. Finally, several new challenges of bionic aerodynamics are proposed for the autonomy and intelligent development trend of the bio-inspired smart aircraft. This review will provide an important insight in designing new biomimetic air vehicles. (c) 2020 Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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