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Bioflyer Database. In order to compare the results of integrated morphology and gait optimization to diverse examples from biology, a comprehensive and accessible database of engineering data for biological flyers was developed by Dr. David Allen and presented in a PDF document:
User Manual for Bioflyer Database
Attached to this PDF document is a ZIP archive containing the MATLAB toolset described within the document.
MBE Data (VT Towing Basin). Hydrodynamic force and moment data obtained using the modular biolocomotion emulator (MBE) are available at the following URL:
The design and fabrication of the MBE is described in [1] and the dataset linked above is described in [2].
[1] “A modular biolocomotion emulator for hydrodynamic testing in a towing tank,” C. Beardsley, L. Bergeron, A. McLean, K. Nguyen, M. Vu, C. Watson, A. Nayfeh, H. Shehata, C. A. Woolsey, M. Hajj, Proc. MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2018, Charleston, SC, October 2018.
[2] “Hydrodynamic performance of a modular biolocomotion emulator,” H. Shehata*, C. A. Woolsey, and M. Hajj, Proc. 12th IFAC Conf. on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles, Daejeon, South Korea, September 2019.
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