Measurement of the dynamics in ski jumping using a wearable inertial sensor-based system

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Measurement of the dynamics in ski jumping using a wearable inertial sensor-based system

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Heat transfer in the entrance region of annular laminar flow with constant and different heat flux on two walls

Method for wind harvesting and wind rejection in flying drones

Lumped Drag Model Identification and Real-Time External Force Detection for Rotary-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles

Drag reduction of flexible disks through vortex ring manipulation

Power performance of a model floating wind turbine subjected to cyclic pitch motion: A wind tunnel study

Magnetic field morphology and evolution in the Central Molecular Zone and its effect on gas dynamics

Nonlinear simulation of plasma turbulence using a gyrokinetic moment-based approach

Permeability sets the linear path instability of buoyancy-driven disks

Sharp turning maneuvers with avian-inspired wing and tail morphing

The effects of kinematics, flexibility, and planform on the vortex formation and aerodynamic performance of flapping wing flight

Monitoring weekly progress of front crawl swimmers using IMU-based performance evaluation goal metrics

Advancing first principle-based molecular dynamics of biological systems with machine learning

Model-based constraints for trajectory determination of quad-copters: Design, calibration & merits for direct orientation

Von Karman vortex street past a permeable circular cylinder. Two-dimensional flow and dynamic-mode-decomposition-based secondary stability analysis

Growth, timing, & trajectory of vortices behind a rotating plate

Impact of the turbulence wavenumber spectrum and probing beam geometry on Doppler reflectometry perpendicular velocity measurements

Effects of resonator geometry and substrate stiffness on the tunability of a deformable microwave metasurface

Strength and timing of primary and secondary vortices generated by a rotating plate

3D printing of elastomeric mechanical sensors designed for human motion monitoring