Adrian Thomas

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Adrian Thomas

Physics

#8874

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#11187

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Biophysics

#411

World Rank

#423

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According to Wikipedia, Adrian Leland Rees Thomas is a professor of biomechanics at the University of Oxford and Director of Studies in Biological Sciences at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford running the Animal Flight Research Group. He is co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Animal Dynamics and is also chairman of the flight section of the Bionis International Biomimetics Network.

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Adrian Thomas 's Published Works

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Leading-edge vortices in insect flight (1996) (1693)
Flying and swimming animals cruise at a Strouhal number tuned for high power efficiency (2003) (853)
Details of Insect Wing Design and Deformation Enhance Aerodynamic Function and Flight Efficiency (2009) (416)
Unconventional lift-generating mechanisms in free-flying butterflies (2002) (363)
Dragonfly flight: free-flight and tethered flow visualizations reveal a diverse array of unsteady lift-generating mechanisms, controlled primarily via angle of attack (2004) (312)
Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (2003) (299)
FLOW VISUALIZATION AND UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS IN THE FLIGHT OF THE HAWKMOTH, MANDUCA SEXTA (1997) (250)
On the aerodynamics of birds’ tails (1993) (241)
The aerodynamics of Manduca sexta: digital particle image velocimetry analysis of the leading-edge vortex (2005) (187)
Animal flight dynamics II. Longitudinal stability in flapping flight. (2002) (177)
Deformable wing kinematics in free-flying hoverflies (2010) (173)
On avian asymmetry: evidence of natural selection for symmetrical tails and wings in birds (1993) (162)
Animal flight dynamics I. Stability in gliding flight. (2001) (162)
Aerodynamics and the evolution of long tails in birds (1993) (156)
Photogrammetric reconstruction of high-resolution surface topographies and deformable wing kinematics of tethered locusts and free-flying hoverflies (2009) (143)
The aerodynamic and mechanical effects of elongated tails in the scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird: measuring the cost of a handicap (1992) (140)
The aerodynamic costs of asymmetry in the wings and tail of birds: asymmetric birds can’t fly round tight corners (1993) (138)
Automatic aeroelastic devices in the wings of a steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis (2007) (138)
Deformable wing kinematics in the desert locust: how and why do camber, twist and topography vary through the stroke? (2009) (127)
Smoke visualization of free-flying bumblebees indicates independent leading-edge vortices on each wing pair (2009) (103)
Rhythmic actomyosin-driven contractions induced by sperm entry predict mammalian embryo viability (2011) (98)
Application of digital particle image velocimetry to insect aerodynamics: measurement of the leading-edge vortex and near wake of a Hawkmoth (2006) (95)
Tuning of Strouhal number for high propulsive efficiency accurately predicts how wingbeat frequency and stroke amplitude relate and scale with size and flight speed in birds (2004) (87)
Vortex flow visualizations reveal change in upstroke function with flight speed in bats (1986) (83)
The Flight of Birds that have Wings and a Tail: Variable Geometry Expands the Envelope of Flight Performance (1996) (73)
On the Tails of Birds (1997) (70)
HOW TO COMPENSATE FOR COSTLY SEXUALLY SELECTED TAILS: THE ORIGIN OF SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC WINGS IN LONG‐TAILED BIRDS (1994) (69)
Terminal attack trajectories of peregrine falcons are described by the proportional navigation guidance law of missiles (2017) (62)
On the origins of birds: the sequence of character acquisition in the evolution of avian flight (1999) (57)
Operation of the alula as an indicator of gear change in hoverflies (2012) (55)
WHY DO BIRDS HAVE TAILS ? THE TAIL AS A DRAG REDUCING FLAP, AND TRIM CONTROL (1996) (54)
New experimental approaches to the biology of flight control systems (2008) (52)
Swallowing ornamental asymmetry (1992) (48)
On the Vortex Wake of an Animal Flying in a Confined Volume (1991) (44)
Aerodynamics of aerofoil sections measured on a free-flying bird (2010) (44)
Phospholipase C-ζ-induced Ca2+ oscillations cause coincident cytoplasmic movements in human oocytes that failed to fertilize after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (2012) (44)
Digital particle image velocimetry measurements of the downwash distribution of a desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (2006) (42)
Soaring and manoeuvring flight of a steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis (2011) (42)
Intermittent gliding flight in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae) (1990) (39)
Wing tucks are a response to atmospheric turbulence in the soaring flight of the steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis (2014) (39)
Evolutionary biomechanics : selection, phylogeny, and constraint (2014) (37)
Soaring energetics and glide performance in a moving atmosphere (2016) (32)
THE OPTIMUM FLIGHT SPEEDS OF FLYING ANIMALS (1998) (29)
Visualizing the Flow around Insect Wings (2002) (22)
Mechanics and aerodynamics of perching manoeuvres in a large bird of prey (2010) (19)
Synchroneity of Meltwater Pulse 1A and the Bolling onset: New evidence from the IODP "Tahiti Sea-Level" Expedition (2009) (14)
Understanding Water Flood Response in Tight Oil Formations: A Case Study of the Lower Shaunavon (2014) (11)
Aerodynamic characteristics of hoverflies during hovering flight (2019) (11)
The origin and evolution of birds (1997) (10)
Wake Development behind Paired Wings with Tip and Root Trailing Vortices: Consequences for Animal Flight Force Estimates (2014) (9)
Trade-offs: selection, phylogeny, and constraint (2014) (8)
The Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics of Leading Edge Flaps (2007) (7)
Flight Control Mechanisms in Birds of Prey (2007) (7)
Modeling and Identification of Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) dynamics (2008) (7)
Mapping Irrigated Lands in the ACF River Basin (2001) (6)
Evidence of Gas Hydrates in Block 26—Offshore Trinidad (2012) (4)
Adaptation in avian wing design (2014) (4)
Phospholipase C- z -induced Ca 2 D oscillations cause coincident cytoplasmic movements in human oocytes that failed to fertilize after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (2012) (4)
Swimming performance of a subcarangiform, the blind Mexican cave fish (Astyanax fasciatus) (2007) (2)
Numerical simulation of the aerodynamics of a desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) in forward flight (2008) (1)
Study of Experimental Aspects of Dynamic Modeling and Control System Analysis of Hovering Fights of Eristalis Hoverflies (2005) (1)
Estimation of Ravine Sediment production using MIKE 11 model, in the lower Le Sueur Watershed, Minnesota (2008) (1)
Flow control in the wings of a Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis: Automatic aeroelastic devices (2008) (1)
A new method for measuring fish swimming patterns in shallow water and a previously undescribed swimming gait (2019) (1)
Fertilization Triggers Oscillatory Changes in Velocity of Cytoplasmic Movements in a Mouse Egg. (2009) (0)
Kinematics and aerodynamics of tethered locust flight (2007) (0)
Delineating the Erosion-Potential of Agricultural Lands Within the Le Sueur Watershed Using Remotely Sensed Data and GIS (2008) (0)
University of Dundee A Kinase-Phosphatase Network that Regulates Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachments and the SAC Vallardi, (2016) (0)
3D reconstruction of the wing and body kinematics of hoverflies during free-flight (2008) (0)
A comparative analysis of the normal swimming performance of two subcarangiforms, blind Mexican cave fish (Astyanax fasciatus) and goldfish (Carassius auratus) (2008) (0)
Aerofoil sections from a Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis in free flight: Wind tunnel and computational testing (2009) (0)
Review of the Organismal Biology of Hill Stream Loaches (2019) (0)
Form and function in flight (2014) (0)
Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Enterococci Concentrations at Santa Monica Municipal Pier, California (2009) (0)
Identification of the flight control system of the Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (2007) (0)
The structure and function of the sucker systems of hill stream loaches (2019) (0)
Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground Attack Strategies in Trained Birds of Prey (2014) (0)
Aeroelastic control devices and wing kinematics of a Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis during perching manoeuvres (2007) (0)
Engineering Applications of Bird Flight (2009) (0)
Dynamic shapes of the zygote and two-cell mouse and human (2021) (0)

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University of Oxford