Owl Wings Inspire Airfoil Design and Noise Suppression Jan. 20, 2022 Owl wings enlighten researchers on novel ways to suppress the aerodynamic noise of an airfoil.

Researchers used the characteristics of owl wings to inform airfoil design and significantly reduce trailing-edge noise. The team used noise calculation and analysis software to conduct a series ...

Francis Rogallo, 97, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding and other recreational sports for inventing a flexible wing in 1948 that revolutionized ...

Michigan-based FlexSys has developed a way to optimize the aerodynamics of wing design with FlexFoil, a seamless variable geometry airfoil system that could deliver fuel savings of up to 12 percent.

The resulting one-piece, seamless airfoil/wing and its manufacturing method are said to have caught the attention of other Formula Student teams as well as Formula 1. Traustadóttir and Orrason note ...

Marine scientists have long marveled at how animals like fish and seals swim so efficiently despite having different shapes.

image: The shape of owl wings, which help the animals fly quietly, can inform airfoil designs. view more Credit: Wang and Liu. WASHINGTON, January 18, 2022 -- Trailing-edge noise is the dominant ...