Bird flight performance: a practical calculation manual

摘要: The mechanical approach to flight energetics - the aeronautical approach, power required and available, uses limitations of programs variables needed for calculations dimensions units, standard measurements, work, metabolic rate horizontal synthesis curve, fuel consumption in relation distance BASIC using a pre-recorded program disc consumed on short long flights, transferring other computers, entering from listings, testing debugging reality behind Reynolds number concept scale, drag coefficient, profile flow around wings, induced vortex wakes gliding performance fixed span glide polar, with variable wing span, soaring available muscles work output myofibrils, aerobic muscles, scaling required, cost maintaining steady force example checking 1 against physiological results problems involving consumption, only, soaring, scale effects Program 1, further programs. Appendices: listings specimen units list symbols some properties standared atmosphere.