Tail effects on yaw stability in birds

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 464-472

  Sachs, Gottfried ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian flight; Biomechanics; Flight stability; Horizontal tail; Yawing moment

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; FLIGHT; TAIL FEATHER; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; COLUMBIDAE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TAIL;

AVES; CLITORIA FRAGRANS; COLUMBA;

EID: 35748958118     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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