Index

A

Abdomen, 2

Abdominal gills, 58

Accelerometer, 170

Actin, 54

Active flow control, 151

Actuator disc concept, 34

Actuator disc model, 35, 36

Actuator disc theory, 34

Adenosine Tri-Phosphate (ATP), 92

Advanced insects, 5, 51

Advance ratio, 31

Aerial locomotion, 17

Aerodynamic forces, 11, 13, 19, 28, 121,

151

Aerodynamics, 17

Aeroelastic, 5

Aeroelasticity, 12, 121, 123

dynamic aeroelasticity, 122

static aeroelasticity, 122, 124

transonic aeroelasticity, 127

Aeronautics, 17

Airfoil, 49

Air sacs, 4

Amino acids, 115

Anal veins, 44

Angle of attack, 12, 18, 21, 22, 25, 38, 50,

53, 159

Annelid ancestry, 6

Apterygota, 4, 67

Apterygote, 57

Aquatic, 58

Aquatic mammals, 168

Aquatic Naiads, 58

Archedictyon, 44

Arthropoda, 4

Artificial spinning, 118

Aspect ratio, 21, 25, 49, 125, 156

Asymmetrical wing surfaces, 18

Asynchronous muscles, 38

Aterygota, 74

Atmospheric turbulence, 135

Average breadth of wing, 49

Average linear velocity, 33

Azimuthal position, 162

B

Bernoulli equation, 35

Biocompatible, 150

Bio-diversity, 1

Bio-mimicking, 12

Bio-mimicking MAV, 160

Bi-planes, 123

Blattaria, 46, 74

Body Mass, 49

Bombycidae, 115

Boundary layer, 139

Bow- Tie, 36

Buffeting, 126

Bulk micromachining, 148

C

Catapult mechanism, 111, 123

Centre of pressure, 50

Cephalothorax, 119

Chemical mechanical polishing, 149

Chitin, 107, 156

endochitin, 108

exochitin, 108

mesochitin, 108

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