A selection of videos from our research

The following is a small sample of videos and animations from our research over the years. Sample publications are given as reference.

PIV of flow over a swept wing, pitching due to an aeroelastic instability

Y Zhu and K Breuer. (2023). Flow-induced oscillations of pitching swept wings: Stability boundary, vortex dynamics and force partitioning. J. Fluid Mech., 977 pp. A1. [doi].

Flow around, and through a porous elastic membrane disk

Bat landing – head over heels

AJ Bergou, SM Swartz, H Vejdani, DK Riskin, L Reimnitz, G Taubin, and KS Breuer. (2015). Falling with Style: Bats Perform Complex Aerial Rotations by Adjusting Wing Inertia. PLoS Biol., 13 (11) pp. e1002297. [doi].

European Starling, flying in the wind tunnel

SI Friman, CR Elowe, S Hao, L Mendez, R Ayala, I Brown, C Hagood, Y Hedlund, D Jackson, J Killi, G Orfanides, E Ozcan, J Ramirez, AR Gerson, KS Breuer, and TL Hedrick. (2024). It pays to follow the leader: Metabolic cost of flight is lower for trailing birds in small groups. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 121 (26) pp. e2319971121. [doi].

Cynopterus brachiotus flying in the wind tunnel

TY Hubel, DK Riskin, SM Swartz, and KS Breuer. (2010). Wake structure and wing kinematics: The flight of the lesser dog-faced fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis. J. Exp. Bio., 213 (20) pp. 3427–3440. [doi].

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