Bioinspired morphing wings for extended flight envelope and roll control of small drones

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Bioinspired morphing wings for extended flight envelope and roll control of small drones

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Towards an improved understanding of wind turbine wakes in complex terrain

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

Method for wind harvesting and wind rejection in flying drones

Modular Multiplatform Compatible Air Measurement System (MoMuCAMS): a new modular platform for boundary layer aerosol and trace gas vertical measurements in extreme environments

Aerodynamic modeling of a delta-wing UAV for model-based navigation

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

Accurate and agile flight with winged drones

Improvements to the dynamic wake meandering model by incorporating the turbulent Schmidt number

Data from: Optimal blade pitch control for enhanced vertical-axis wind turbine performance

Snowfall deposition in mountainous terrain: a statistical downscaling scheme from high-resolution model data on simulated topographies

Enhancing Wind Farm Performance through Axial Induction and Tilt Control: Insights from Wind Tunnel Experiments

The effect of nacelle-to-rotor size on the wake of a miniature wind turbine

Comparison of selected surface level ERA5 variables against in‐situ observations in the continental Arctic

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

Wind Defiant Morphing Drones

Earwig-inspired foldable origami wing for micro air vehicle gliding

Time scales of dynamic stall development on a vertical-axis wind turbine blade

Wind Turbine Wakes in Active Yaw Control: Numerical and Theoretical Studies

Dynamic stall characterisation and control for vertical-axis wind turbines

Combining Weather Station Data and Short-Term LiDAR Deployment to Estimate Wind Energy Potential with Machine Learning: A Case Study from the Swiss Alps