Simulating avian wingbeat kinematics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3191-3198

  Parslew, Ben ^a   Crowther, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian gait; Bird flight; Inverse dynamics; Predictive simulation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCE COEFFICIENTS; AVIAN GAIT; CRUISE SPEED; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; INVERSE DYNAMICS; LOW SPEED; MECHANICAL POWER; MULTI-SEGMENT; OPTIMISATIONS; PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS; SAVING ENERGY;

AERODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLYING; FOWL; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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

EID: 78549245482     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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