Energetically optimal short-range gliding trajectories for gliding animals

AIAA Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2650-2657

  Willis, David ^a,c   Bahlman, Joseph ^b,d   Breuer, Kenneth ^b,d   Swartz, Sharon ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

^d School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; DYNAMICS MODELS; GLIDING TRAJECTORY; LIFT COEFFICIENT; LIFT-TO-DRAG RATIO; SHORT DISTANCES; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS; GLIDERS; LIFT; LIFT DRAG RATIO;

ANIMALS;

EID: 82255167359     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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