How a Small Bird Executes a Sharp Turning Maneuver: A Mechanical Perspective

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 693-703

  Su, J Y ^a   Ting, S C ^a   Yang, J T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bird; Hovering; The moment of inertia; Turn

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; MANEUVERABILITY; TURNING; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS;

AERIAL VEHICLE; AXIS OF ROTATION; ELEVATION ANGLE; HOVERING; MOMENT OF INERTIA; TURNING MANEUVERS; TURNING RADIUS; TURN;

BIRDS; MANEUVERABILITY;

EID: 84864534983     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-011-9537-5     Document Type: Article

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