An unsteady lifting line theory of flapping wings with application to the forward flight of birds

DOI10.1017/S0022112081000311zbMath0489.76016OpenAlexW2125001966MaRDI QIDQ3951749

N. H. Pratt, P. J. Phlips, R. A. East

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112081000311

zbMATH Keywords

birdsflapping flighthigh aspect ratioavian flightLighthill's modelclassical lifting line theoryrigid non-porous unswept wingsthree-dimensional and unsteady effects of vortex wake

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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Cites Work

• A vortex theory of animal flight. Part 1. The vortex wake of a hovering animal
• A vortex theory of animal flight. Part 2. The forward flight of birds

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