Add to ORKGThis report is a comprehensive study of birds and how their shapes have been molded by the resistance of the air. 500 species of birds were studied and nearly 30,000 ratios calculated. The author makes a distinction between flapping and soaring flight
Birds are known for their agility, manoeuvrability, and flexibility during flight. These features a...
This thesis consists of four major studies: a study of incipient flight behaviors in young birds ov...
Wind tunnels, in which birds fly against an artificially generated air flow, have since long been us...
Methods of observing birds in flight now include training them to fly under known conditions in wind...
Research was based on a series of mechanical, electrical, and cinematographic instruments developed ...
Avian flight has fascinated man from ancient times but it is only in recent years that the efforts o...
Avian flight cannot fail to impress; from the huge migratory distances covered by albatrosses to the...
Unlike airplanes birds must have either flapping or oscillating wings (the hummingbird). Only such w...
Bird flight is a remarkable adaptation that has allowed the approximately 10,000 extant species to c...
There has been much speculation about the significance of avian formation flight, yet it\u27s purpos...
The capability of flight plays a central role in the lives of most birds. Indeed, the existing morph...
I share my fascination of bird flight with many others, and here I summarise my thesis on the subjec...
Birds have always been a source of inspiration for humans. From the record distances crossed by the ...
Birds today follow different aerial strategies to deal with the high costs of flapping flight. Inter...
The most visible animals on earth are birds. Flying adaptations in birds garner much attention in th...
Birds are known for their agility, manoeuvrability, and flexibility during flight. These features a...
This thesis consists of four major studies: a study of incipient flight behaviors in young birds ov...
Wind tunnels, in which birds fly against an artificially generated air flow, have since long been us...
Methods of observing birds in flight now include training them to fly under known conditions in wind...
Research was based on a series of mechanical, electrical, and cinematographic instruments developed ...
Avian flight has fascinated man from ancient times but it is only in recent years that the efforts o...
Avian flight cannot fail to impress; from the huge migratory distances covered by albatrosses to the...
Unlike airplanes birds must have either flapping or oscillating wings (the hummingbird). Only such w...
Bird flight is a remarkable adaptation that has allowed the approximately 10,000 extant species to c...
There has been much speculation about the significance of avian formation flight, yet it\u27s purpos...
The capability of flight plays a central role in the lives of most birds. Indeed, the existing morph...
I share my fascination of bird flight with many others, and here I summarise my thesis on the subjec...
Birds have always been a source of inspiration for humans. From the record distances crossed by the ...
Birds today follow different aerial strategies to deal with the high costs of flapping flight. Inter...
The most visible animals on earth are birds. Flying adaptations in birds garner much attention in th...
Birds are known for their agility, manoeuvrability, and flexibility during flight. These features a...
This thesis consists of four major studies: a study of incipient flight behaviors in young birds ov...
Wind tunnels, in which birds fly against an artificially generated air flow, have since long been us...