Considerations on dynamic soaring
This paper presents an analytical treatment of dynamic soaring, a behaviour that certain sea birds use to extract energy from wind gradient. Theoretical modeling and results of numerical simulations, based on a two-degrees-of-freedom point mass model, are presented.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology |
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| Online Access: | https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/article/view/121 |