Wing tucks are a response to atmospheric turbulence in the soaring flight of the steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 101, 2014, Pages

  Reynolds, Kate V ^a   Thomas, Adrian L R ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Bird flight; Gust alleviation; Gust response; Soaring; Wing tuck

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIRDS; DROPS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT;

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; AERODYNAMIC MOMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; GUST ALLEVIATION; GUST RESPONSE; LOAD FACTORS; SOARING; TRANSIENT MOTIONS;

LOADING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ANEMOMETRY; AQUILA NIPALENSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EAGLE; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; MALE; MECHANICS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; WING TUCK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; WING;

AQUILA NIPALENSIS; AVES;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; EAGLES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; WINGS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84928905757     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0645     Document Type: Article

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