Bat wings are like hands: meaty, bony and full of joints. A new study finds that bats take advantage of their flexibility by folding in their wings on the upstroke to save inertial energy. The ...

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A wing’s primary function is the generation of aerodynamic lift. Hence it may be considered as the most important component by a design engineer if the aircraft is to perform its most fundamental ...

(Phys.org) -- Bat wings are like hands: meaty, bony and full of joints. A new Brown University study finds that bats take advantage of their flexibility by folding in their wings on the upstroke to ...