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Contents Foreword v Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Bird flight - S Dhawan xi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Evolution 1 1.2 Species 2 1.3 Occurrence 2 1.4 Pioneers of flight 5 1.5 The scientists 6 2 What it takes to fly 7 2.1 The structure adapted for flight 7 2.2 Wings and feathers 7 2.3 The muscles 10 2.4 Flight control and navigation 11 3 Types of bird flight 13 3.1 Flapping flight – “power-on” 13 3.2 Detailed observations of wing motion 17 3.3 Take-off and landing 21 3.4 Propeller action 22 3.5 Illustrations of flapping kinematics 24 3.6 Hovering flight 24 3.7 Gliding and soaring 26 4 Production of aerodynamic forces by the wings 29 4.1 Flow patterns and forces on airfoils 29 4.2 Circulation and lift 31 4.3 The finite wing 32 4.4 Downwash and induced drag 32 4.5 Linearised theory 32 4.6 Flapping amplitudes and frequency 34 4.7 Summary of discussion 35 4.8 Velocity and forces 35 iii5 Flight mechanics of the bird 37 5.1 Estimates of lift 38 5.2 Estimates of drag 38 5.3 Power required for flight 41 5.4 Discussion 42 5.5 Power for hovering flight 44 5.6 Transition to and from hovering flight to forward flight 44 5.7 Gliding and soaring 45 5.8 Discussion 47 5.9 Effects of head and tail winds

Who reads Bird Flight?

Author

Satish Dhawan

Publisher

Indian Academy of Sciences

Published

2020

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Biology, Biophysics