Mechanics

Applied Mechanics and Materials

Citations: 2583 • 2026

The aerodynamics of insect flight

Sanjay P. Sane

Citations: 1238 • 2003

The central nervous system stabilizes unstable dynamics by learning optimal impedance

Etienne Burdet, Rieko Osu, David W. Franklin, Theodore E. Milner, Mitsuo Kawato

Citations: 1116 • 2001

Theory of dielectric elastomers

Zhigang Suo

Citations: 1017 • 2010

Dynamics of a cantilever beam attached to a moving base

T. R. Kane, R. R. Ryan, A. K. Banerjeer

Citations: 745 • 1987

Literature survey of contact dynamics modelling

Gabriele Gilardi, Inna Sharf

Citations: 719 • 2002

Estimation of Inertial Parameters of Manipulator Loads and Links

Christopher G. Atkeson, Chae An, John M. Hollerbach

Citations: 574 • 1986

Postural Stability of Biped Robots and the Foot-Rotation Indicator (FRI) Point

Ambarish Goswami

Citations: 567 • 1999

From contact electrification to triboelectric nanogenerators

Zhong Lin Wang

Citations: 529 • 2021

Rotational accelerations stabilize leading edge vortices on revolving fly wings

David Lentink, Michael H. Dickinson

Citations: 521 • 2009

Drag reduction in fish-like locomotion

David Barrett, Michael Triantafyllou, Dick K. P. Yue, Mark A. Grosenbaugh

Citations: 509 • 1999

Unsteady forces and flows in low Reynolds number hovering flight:two-dimensional computations<i>vs</i>robotic wing experiments

Z. Jane Wang, James M. Birch, Michael H. Dickinson

Citations: 508 • 2003

Mechanics of Precurved-Tube Continuum Robots

Robert J. Webster, Joseph M. Romano, Noah J. Cowan

Citations: 476 • 2008

A Computational Fluid Dynamic Study of Hawkmoth Hovering

Hao Liu, Charles P. Ellington, Keiji Kawachi, Coen van den Berg, Alexander P. Willmott

Citations: 468 • 1998

Efficient collective swimming by harnessing vortices through deep reinforcement learning

Siddhartha Verma, Guido Novati, Petros Koumoutsakos

Citations: 454 • 2018

Force production and flow structure of the leading edge vortex on flapping wings at high and low Reynolds numbers

James M. Birch, William Dickson, Michael H. Dickinson

Citations: 431 • 2004

Jumping on water: Surface tension–dominated jumping of water striders and robotic insects

Je‐Sung Koh, Eunjin Yang, Gwang-Pil Jung, Sun-Pill Jung, Jae Hak Son, Sang‐im Lee, Piotr G. Jabłoński, Robert J. Wood, Ho-Young Kim, Kyu‐Jin Cho

Citations: 418 • 2015

Series elastic actuator development for a biomimetic walking robot

David Robinson, Jerry Pratt, Daniel Paluska, Gill A. Pratt

Citations: 415 • 1999

Fully Printed Flexible Fingerprint-like Three-Axis Tactile and Slip Force and Temperature Sensors for Artificial Skin

Shingo Harada, Kenichiro Kanao, Yuki Yamamoto, Takayuki Arie, Seiji Akita, Kuniharu Takei

Citations: 349 • 2014

The three–dimensional leading–edge vortex of a ‘hovering’ model hawkmoth

Coen van den Berg, Charles P. Ellington

Citations: 345 • 1997