Power of the wingbeat: modelling the effects of flapping wings in vertebrate flight
Animal flight performance has been studied using models developed for man-made aircraft. For an aeroplane with fixed wings, the energetic cost as a function of flight speed can be expressed in terms of weight, wing span, wing area and body area, where more details are included in proportionality coe...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Society
2015
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