Migration on Wings: Aerodynamics and Energetics

ISBN-13: 9783642279249 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 83 str.

Lakshmi Kantha; Lakshmi Kantha University of Colorado

Opis

Explores the technical aspects associated with bird flight and migration on wings. This title provides an introduction on the bird's migration, reviews the aerodynamics and Energetics of Flight and presents the calculation of the Migration Range.

Spis treści

Migration on Wings.- Aerodynamics and Energetics of Flight.- Migration Range.- Formation Flight.- Great Flight Diagrams.

Blurb

This book is an effort to explore the technical aspects associated with bird flight and migration on wings. After a short introduction on the birds migration, the book reviews the aerodynamics and Energetics of Flight and presents the calculation of the Migration Range. In addition, the authors explains aerodynamics of the formation flight and finally introduces great flight diagrams.