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Journal articles

Crall JD; Ravi S; Mountcastle AM; Combes SA, 2015, 'Bumblebee flight performance in cluttered environments: Effects of obstacle orientation, body size and acceleration', Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, pp. 2728 - 2737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.121293

Mountcastle AM; Ravi S; Combes SA, 2015, 'Nectar vs. Pollen loading affects the tradeoff between flight stability and maneuverability in bumblebees', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, pp. 10527 - 10532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506126112

Ravi S; Crall JD; McNeilly L; Gagliardi SF; Biewener AA; Combes SA, 2015, 'Hummingbird flight stability and control in freestream turbulent winds', Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, pp. 1444 - 1452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.114553

Ravi S; Kanow N; Noda R; Combes S; Liu H, 2015, 'OS1-3 DYNAMICS OF HUMMINGBIRDS FLYING IN HIGHLY TURBULENT WINDS(OS1: Bio-inspired Flight System Biomechanics I)', The Proceedings of the Asian Pacific Conference on Biomechanics : emerging science and technology in biomechanics, 2015.8, pp. 64 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1299/jsmeapbio.2015.8.64

Wildmann N; Ravi S; Bange J, 2014, 'Towards higher accuracy and better frequency response with standard multi-hole probes in turbulence measurement with remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)', Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7, pp. 1027 - 1041, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-1027-2014

Dyer AG; Ravi S; Garcia JE, 2014, 'Flying in Complex Environments: Can Insects Bind Multiple Sensory Perceptions and What Could Be the Lessons for Machine Vision?', Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, 07, pp. 406 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jsea.2014.75037

Ravi S; Crall JD; Fisher A; Combes SA, 2013, 'Rolling with the flow: Bumblebees flying in unsteady wakes', Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, pp. 4299 - 4309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.090845

Ravi S; Watkins S; Watmuff J; Fisher A, 2013, 'Transient loads occurring over a thin airfoil subjected to large-scale freestream turbulence', AIAA Journal, 51, pp. 1473 - 1485, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J052142

Ravi S; Watkins S; Watmuff J; Massey K; Petersen P; Marino M, 2012, 'Influence of large-scale freestream turbulence on the performance of a thin airfoil', AIAA Journal, 50, pp. 2448 - 2459, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J051640

Ravi S; Watkins S; Watmuff J; Massey K; Petersen P; Marino M; Ravi A, 2012, 'The flow over a thin airfoil subjected to elevated levels of freestream turbulence at low Reynolds numbers', Experiments in Fluids, 53, pp. 637 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-012-1316-2

Ravi S; Petersen P; Watkins S; Marino M; Watmuff J, 2011, 'Aerodynamic performance and flow structure over a thin airfoil under smooth and turbulent conditions at low reynolds numbers', Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing, 18, pp. 253 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1615/JFlowVisImageProc.2012003945

Watkins S; Ravi S; Loxton B, 2010, 'The effect of turbulence on the aerodynamics of low Reynolds number wings', Engineering Letters, 18


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