Modelling the flying bird
This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular. It describes a way of simplifying the mechanics of flight into a practical computer program, which will predict in some detail what any bird, real or hypothetical, can and cannot do. The Flight program, presented on the companion w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Academic
©2008, 2008
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| Series: | Theoretical ecology series
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| Collection: | Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Modelling the Flying bird; The Flight Environment; Mechanics of level flight; Vortices and vortex wakes; The wings of birds; The membrane wings of bats and pterosaurs; Muscles as engines; Simulating long-distance migration; Accelerated flight and manoeuvring; Gliding flight and soaring; Information systems for flying animals; Water birds; Allometry; Wind tunnel experiments with birds; Testing predictions from theory; Evolution of flight