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Migration on Wings

Aerodynamics and Energetics

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  • © 2012

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  • Up-to-date scholarly treatise on the aerodynamics and energetics of the migration of birds
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

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This book is an effort to explore the technical aspects associated with bird flight and migration on wings. After a short introduction on the birds migration, the book reviews the aerodynamics and Energetics of Flight and presents the calculation of the Migration Range. In addition, the authors explains aerodynamics of the formation flight and finally introduces great flight diagrams.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Aerospace Engineering Sciences Colorado, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

    Lakshmi Kantha

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