Effect of slotted wing tips on yawing moment characteristics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Sachs, Gottfried ^a   Moelyadi, Mochammad Agoes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird wings; Slotted wing tips; Yaw stability; Yawing moments

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLIGHT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DYNAMICS; FEATHER; FORELIMB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WING;

AVES;

EID: 32144455546     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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