Automatic aeroelastic devices in the wings of a steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4136-4149

  Carruthers, Anna C ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeroelastic device; Alula; Aquila nipalensis; Bird flight; Flight control; Flow control; High lift device; Kruger flap; Leading edge flap; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; EAGLE; FEATHER; FLYING; FORELIMB; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EAGLES; FEATHERS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

AQUILA NIPALENSIS; AVES;

EID: 38349057650     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.011197     Document Type: Article

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