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About
Jong-Seob Han is a researcher specializing in insect-inspired aerodynamics, flapping-wing flight mechanics, and bio-inspired micro air vehicle (FWMAV) design. His work centers on unraveling the complex unsteady aerodynamic phenomena that govern insect flight, with particular emphasis on hovering and forward flight regimes. Han's most significant contribution is the development of an improved quasi-steady aerodynamic model for insect wings that accounts for the movement of the center of pressure — a refinement that has accumulated 60 citations and substantially advanced the field's ability to predict flapping-wing forces and moments. Using dynamically scaled robotic hawkmoth wing models submerged in water tanks, alongside digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV), he has systematically investigated how parameters such as advance ratio, stroke plane orientation, wing-wake interactions, deviating motion, leading-edge curvature, and aspect ratio influence aerodynamic performance. His 2016 study on advance ratio effects in forward flight (56 citations) further cemented his reputation as a rigorous experimentalist bridging biological flight and engineering application. Across his body of work, Han has generated well over 170 citations, making him a notable contributor to the bioinspired aerodynamics community. His research provides critical foundations for engineers developing next-generation flapping-wing micro air vehicles capable of agile, efficient flight.
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- 3Interactions of the wakes of two flapping wings in hover27 citations · 2019
- 4Aerodynamic effects of deviating motion of flapping wings in hovering flight11 citations · 2019
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