Biophysics of Insect Flight

1. Introduction to Insect Flight.- 2. Flight a Retrospect a Brief Review.- 3. Aerodynamic Considerations.- 4. Flight Morphology and Flight Muscles.- 5. Types of Textures in Insect Wings and Classification.- 6. Theories on Hovering Flight of Insects-A Brief Review.- 7. Moment of Inertia and Mutilation Studies of Insect Wing.- 8. Chitinous Membranes and Analogous Materials.- 9. Aeroelasticity.- 10. Insect Migration.- 11. MAV Design Aspects and MEMS. 12. Bio-mimicking MAVs and Insect Flight.- 13. Navigation - A General Overview.- 14. WINGBEAT FREQUENCY THEORIES- A Mathematical Approach.- 15. Comments on Bio-physics of Insect Flight (Present and Future).- Bibliography.- Index.

Prof. N. Chary is Retired Professor, worked at various Institutions as Head, Dept. of Zoology, Dean, Faculty of Science, and Principal of University College of Science at Kakatiya University, Warangal, Bharat (INDIA). Further he was also Visiting professor at Gulbarga and Nanded Universities; Dean and Chief Administrator, Windsor University, School of Medicine, Grand Turk, West Indies; Visiting Professor, Department of Aeronautic Engineering, MRCET, Hyderabad; Emeritus Prof. Bio-Aerodynamics (R & D), SNIST (Autonomous), Hyderabad. He was also Technical Advisor, Bio-Mimicking Programs NDRF, Bangalore. He was IBRO UNESCO-WHO Scholar (1968-1971) and completed Ph.D. from Prague University, and M.Sc. from B.Sc. - Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is also Chief Author and Editor of Bio-Aerodynamics Avian Flight, published by NDRF.Dr. Laxminarayana Parayitam is Professor and Director of Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Bharat (INDIA). At present, his areas of research interest are Signal Processing, Communication, and Navigation for Development of Real-Time GNSS software Receivers, Autonomous Navigation for Indoor and Outdoor Environments, Bio-Mimicking Navigation, Speech technologies, and Instruments for Biotech Industries. He is passionate about industry-institute interaction and start-ups. His GNSS team of Ph.D. and Masters students have developed the Real-Time IRNSS/NavIC Software Receiver running on PC/Laptop with MATLAB andr C/C++ platform. Another team is also working for Hybrid navigation by integration of GNSS with other navigation systems. He has conducted almost 20 short term courses/workshops and schools in the area of GNSS for scientists, engineers, academicians, and students, as Coordinator cum Faculty Member. At present, he is also leading Two projects 1) Speech-To-Speech Interface for Man-machine Communication for Humanoid of Gaganyaan sponsored by ISRO  and 2)