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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pennycuick, C. J. (Colin J.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; London : Academic, �2008.
Colección:Theoretical ecology series ; 5.
Temas:
Birds > Flight.
Birds > Flight > Computer simulation.
Oiseaux > Vol.
Oiseaux > Vol > Simulation par ordinateur.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Birds > Flight
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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