Posts by: Chloe Cullen

Leading Edge Vortices In Bats

December 12, 2011 at 6:19 pm

Using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry, scientists are able to show the velocity of the airflow surrounding the wing of the bat. This demonstrates the leading edge vortices that occur on the surface of a bat wing. Bats are different than insects and birds in the way that they fly. They are different because instead of […]

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Festo’s Flapping Flight

November 12, 2011 at 11:23 pm

The German company, Festo specializes in Pneumatic and Electrical automation technology. This means that their research is directed toward the mastery and optimization of efficient airflow. At this company they have ongoing research in the automation field with their Bionic Learning Network. Here they take engineers and scientists from their company along with people from […]

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