SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 25-5  Sat Jan 2  Changes in limb bone neutral axis orientation during climbing in iguanas Munteanu, VD*; Diamond, KM; Blob, RW; Clemson University; Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Clemson University munteanu.david@gmail.com Limb bone biomechanics are expected to reflect differences in […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 25-3  Sat Jan 2  Bone plasticity in arboreal mammals: Material and mechanical properties of sloth limb bones Mossor, AM*; Young, JW; Butcher, MT; NEOMED; NEOMED; Youngstown State University angela.mossor@yahoo.com Vertebrate bone is a conservative tissue, and compressive and tensile […]

SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING (VAM)January 3 – Febuary 28, 2021 Meeting Abstract 25-6  Sat Jan 2  Adventures inside shrew vertebrae: trabecular bone morphology and regionalization in Soricidae Smith, SM*; Angielczyk, KD; Field Museum of Natural History, Negaunee Integrative Research Center; Field Museum of Natural History, Negaunee Integrative Research Center smsmith@fieldmuseum.org The […]

Meeting Abstract 25-5  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 14:45  The tails of gliding birds disrupt induced drag minimization and instead approach optimal viscous drag minimization CHENEY, JA*; SONG, J; WINDSOR, SP; STEVENSON, JPJ; DIERKSHEIDE, D; NILA, A; BOMPHREY, RJ; USHERWOOD, JR; Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK; Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK & Dongguan University of Technology, China; […]

Meeting Abstract 25-2  Saturday, Jan. 4 13:45 – 14:00  The Effect of Body Mass on Long-Distance Flight Efficiency in a Wood Boring Beetle, the ‘Mango Stem Borer’, Batocera Rufomaculata. URCA, T*; RIBAK, G; Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel TomerUrca@gmail.com The Mango stem-borer, Batocera Rufomaculata, is an invasive species accidently introduced into Israel in the early 1950’s and is […]

Meeting Abstract 25-1  Saturday, Jan. 4 13:30 – 13:45  Restricting abdominal flexion yields poor flight performance in hawkmoths BUSTAMANTE, J*; AHMED, M; DANIEL, TL; University of Washington; University of Washington; University of Washington jorgebjr@uw.edu Historically, the analyses of flight control and maneuvering have focused largely on aerodynamic forces generated by wings. Yet body (airframe) deformations may also […]

Meeting Abstract 25-3  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:15  Flexibility Maintains Leading-edge Vortex Structure on Manduca Wings MCCARTY, B*; MATTHEWS, M; SPONBERG, S; Georgia Institute of Technology bmccarty@gatech.edu The leading-edge vortex (LEV) is a canonical aerodynamic mechanism in the flapping flight of insects, mammals, and birds across a variety of scales. While the in vivo LEV in […]

Meeting Abstract 25-4  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30  Efficient Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction in Single Degree-of-Freedom Flapping Wings SCHWAB, RK*; JANKAUSKI, MA; Montana State University; Montana State University rschwab03@gmail.com Flapping insect wings deform under both inertial and aerodynamic forces. This fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is beneficial to aerodynamic performance and energetic efficiency. However, many flapping wing FSI […]

Meeting Abstract 25-6  Saturday, Jan. 4 14:45 – 15:00  Are complex wind fields beneficial for soaring? An urban gull’s perspective WILLIAMSON, CJ; SPELT, A; WINDSOR, SP*; University of Bristol; University of Bristol; University of Bristol cara.williamson@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bristol.ac.uk/aerodynamics-research/research-projects/bif/research/urban_gull/ Wind interactions in urban spaces generate complex flow patterns that are difficult to predict, however these heterogeneous wind fields may […]

Meeting Abstract 25-7  Saturday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:15   Aerodynamic Characterization of a Leading-Edge Alula-Inspired Device WISSA, A/A; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign awissa@illinois.edu http://bamlab.mechse.illinois.edu/ Even though Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operating at low Reynolds numbers are becoming common, their performance and maneuverability are still greatly limited due to aerodynamic phenomena such as stall and flow separation. […]