Migration on Wings Aerodynamics and Energetics /

• Main Author: Kantha, Lakshmi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Animal physiology.; Fluids.; Fluid mechanics.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Animal Physiology.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

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 expl...

Table of Contents:

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