A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion
- Submitting institution
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Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2654
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41586-018-0604-2
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
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- First page
- 414
- Volume
- 562
- Issue
- 7727
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This discovery of how an iconic natural flyer, the dandelion, achieves flight was widely reported in scientific and other media including National Geographic, BBC, New York Times. The flight mechanism is now taught in college-level biology and engineering courses around the world and has inspired over ten student projects to design biomimetic flying machines and wind turbines. This work contributed to the two lead authors being awarded independent researcher positions at Oxford University and Heriot-Watt University and led to invited presentations at more than 20 conferences, including a keynote talk at the Plant Biomechanics Congress in 2021 (Lyon, France).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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