Proximity to the water surface markedly enhances the force production on underwater flapping wings

• Shantanu S. Bhat ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: s.bhat@adfa.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-9938

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• Albert Medina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, United States of America

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• Fang-Bao Tian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

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• John Young,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8671-990X

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• Joseph C. S. Lai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-9993

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• Sridhar Ravi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia

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