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Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal (2016)
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Hofhuis, H., Moulton, D., Lessinnes, T., Routier-Kierzkowska, A. L., Bomphrey, R. J., Mosca, G., Reinhardt, R., Sarchet, P., Gan, X., Tsiantis, M., Ventikos, Y., Walker, S., Goriely, A., Smith, R., & Hay, A. (2016). Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal. Cell, 166, 222-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.05.002

How mechanical and biological processes are coordinated across cells, tissues, and organs to produce complex traits is a key question in biology. Cardamine hirsuta, a relative of Arabidopsis thaliana, uses an explosive mechanism to disperse its seeds... Read More about Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal.

Enhanced flight performance by genetic manipulation of wing shape in Drosophila (2016)
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Ray, R. P., Nakata, T., Henningsson, P., & Bomphrey, R. J. (2016). Enhanced flight performance by genetic manipulation of wing shape in Drosophila. Nature Communications, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10851

Insect wing shapes are remarkably diverse and the combination of shape and kinematics determines both aerial capabilities and power requirements. However, the contribution of any specific morphological feature to performance is not known. Using targe... Read More about Enhanced flight performance by genetic manipulation of wing shape in Drosophila.

A CFD-informed quasi-steady model of flapping-wing aerodynamics (2015)
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Nakata, T., Liu, H., & Bomphrey, R. J. (2015). A CFD-informed quasi-steady model of flapping-wing aerodynamics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 783, 323-343. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.537

Aerodynamic performance and agility during flapping flight are determined by the combination of wing shape and kinematics. The degree of morphological and kinematic optimization is unknown and depends upon a large parameter space. Aimed at providing... Read More about A CFD-informed quasi-steady model of flapping-wing aerodynamics.

The effect of aspect ratio on the leading-edge vortex over an insect-like flapping wing (2015)
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Phillips, N., Knowles, K., & Bomphrey, R. J. (2015). The effect of aspect ratio on the leading-edge vortex over an insect-like flapping wing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/10/5/056020

Insect wing shapes are diverse and a renowned source of inspiration for the new generation of autonomous flapping vehicles, yet the aerodynamic consequences of varying geometry is not well understood. One of the most defining and aerodynamically sign... Read More about The effect of aspect ratio on the leading-edge vortex over an insect-like flapping wing.

The complex aerodynamic footprint of desert locusts revealed by large-volume tomographic particle image velocimetry (2015)
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Henningsson, P., Michaelis, D., Nakata, T., Schanz, D., Geisler, R., Schroeder, A., & Bomphrey, R. J. (2015). The complex aerodynamic footprint of desert locusts revealed by large-volume tomographic particle image velocimetry. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0119

Particle image velocimetry has been the preferred experimental technique with which to study the aerodynamics of animal flight for over a decade. In that time, hardware has become more accessible and the software has progressed from the acquisition o... Read More about The complex aerodynamic footprint of desert locusts revealed by large-volume tomographic particle image velocimetry.

Iodine vapor staining for atomic number contrast in backscattered electron and X-ray imaging (2014)
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Boyde, A., McCorkell, F. A., Taylor, G. K., Bomphrey, R. J., & Doube, M. (2014). Iodine vapor staining for atomic number contrast in backscattered electron and X-ray imaging. Microscopy Research and Technique, 77(12), 1044-1051. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.22435

Iodine imparts strong contrast to objects imaged with electrons and X‐rays due to its high atomic number (53), and is widely used in liquid form as a microscopic stain and clinical contrast agent. We have developed a simple technique which exploits e... Read More about Iodine vapor staining for atomic number contrast in backscattered electron and X-ray imaging.

Experiments and Computations on the Lift of Accelerating Flat Plates at Incidence.
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Stevens, P. R. R. J., Babinsky, H., Manar, F., Mancini, P., Jones, A. R., Nakata, T., Phillips, N., Bomphrey, R. J., Gozukara, A. C., Granlund, K. O., & Ol, M. V. (in press). Experiments and Computations on the Lift of Accelerating Flat Plates at Incidence. AIAA Journal, 55(10), 3255-3265. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J055323

This paper discusses the force history and flow topology of accelerating flat-plate wings. The work is a collaborative effort to study fundamental, unsteady low-Reynolds-number flows. The motion kinematics is designed to be relevant to the micro air... Read More about Experiments and Computations on the Lift of Accelerating Flat Plates at Incidence..