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Basal complex: a smart wing component for automatic shape morphing

Insect wings are adaptive structures that automatically respond to flight forces, surpassing even cutting-edge engineering shape-morphing systems. A widely accepted but not yet explicitly tested hypothesis is that a 3D component in the wing’s proximal region, known as basal complex, determines the q...

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Autores principales: Eraghi, Sepehr H., Toofani, Arman, Guilani, Ramin J. A., Ramezanpour, Shayan, Bijma, Nienke N., Sedaghat, Alireza, Yasamandaryaei, Armin, Gorb, Stanislav, Rajabi, Hamed
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10435446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37591993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05206-1
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author Eraghi, Sepehr H.
Toofani, Arman
Guilani, Ramin J. A.
Ramezanpour, Shayan
Bijma, Nienke N.
Sedaghat, Alireza
Yasamandaryaei, Armin
Gorb, Stanislav
Rajabi, Hamed
author_facet Eraghi, Sepehr H.
Toofani, Arman
Guilani, Ramin J. A.
Ramezanpour, Shayan
Bijma, Nienke N.
Sedaghat, Alireza
Yasamandaryaei, Armin
Gorb, Stanislav
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description Insect wings are adaptive structures that automatically respond to flight forces, surpassing even cutting-edge engineering shape-morphing systems. A widely accepted but not yet explicitly tested hypothesis is that a 3D component in the wing’s proximal region, known as basal complex, determines the quality of wing shape changes in flight. Through our study, we validate this hypothesis, demonstrating that the basal complex plays a crucial role in both the quality and quantity of wing deformations. Systematic variations of geometric parameters of the basal complex in a set of numerical models suggest that the wings have undergone adaptations to reach maximum camber under loading. Inspired by the design of the basal complex, we develop a shape-morphing mechanism that can facilitate the shape change of morphing blades for wind turbines. This research enhances our understanding of insect wing biomechanics and provides insights for the development of simplified engineering shape-morphing systems.
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spelling pubmed-104354462023-08-19 Basal complex: a smart wing component for automatic shape morphing Eraghi, Sepehr H. Toofani, Arman Guilani, Ramin J. A. Ramezanpour, Shayan Bijma, Nienke N. Sedaghat, Alireza Yasamandaryaei, Armin Gorb, Stanislav Rajabi, Hamed Commun Biol Article Insect wings are adaptive structures that automatically respond to flight forces, surpassing even cutting-edge engineering shape-morphing systems. A widely accepted but not yet explicitly tested hypothesis is that a 3D component in the wing’s proximal region, known as basal complex, determines the quality of wing shape changes in flight. Through our study, we validate this hypothesis, demonstrating that the basal complex plays a crucial role in both the quality and quantity of wing deformations. Systematic variations of geometric parameters of the basal complex in a set of numerical models suggest that the wings have undergone adaptations to reach maximum camber under loading. Inspired by the design of the basal complex, we develop a shape-morphing mechanism that can facilitate the shape change of morphing blades for wind turbines. This research enhances our understanding of insect wing biomechanics and provides insights for the development of simplified engineering shape-morphing systems. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10435446/ /pubmed/37591993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05206-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Yasamandaryaei, Armin
Gorb, Stanislav
Rajabi, Hamed
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