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Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2018.
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| author | Tetteh, Josephine Naa Ayeley |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/105653 Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology Tetteh, Josephine Naa Ayeley Hui, Cang Landi, Pietro Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences. Biomathematics Animal flight -- Mathematical models Wings (Anatomy) -- Measurement Flight -- Measurement UCTD Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2018. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Flight is mainly dependent on the wings and avian flight can be likened to aircraft flight. This project considers the aerodynamics of avian flight by categorising flight into steady, climbing, descending and turning flights. A generic three degrees of free- dom equations of motion is used to describe flight dynamics in a three-dimensional space. These equations form a dynamical system of equations which are studied for the above mentioned types of flight. Using aerodynamic equations, a model for bird flight is formulated and implemented in R and an R−Package is developed. This package investigates flight performance parameters by using basic morphological measurements of species. We also investi- gate how bird traits, specifically body mass, affects flight performance such as power consumption and flight speed range. For this, we only focus on a single type of flight (steady horizontal) as an example, because its simplicity allows for analytical analysis. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar. Masters 2019-01-30T11:58:56Z 2019-04-17T08:06:44Z 2022-07-30T03:00:12Z 2018-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105653 en_ZA Stellenbosch University ix, 97 pages : illustrations (some color) application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Biomathematics Animal flight -- Mathematical models Wings (Anatomy) -- Measurement Flight -- Measurement UCTD Tetteh, Josephine Naa Ayeley Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| title | Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| title_full | Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| title_fullStr | Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| title_short | Modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| title_sort | modelling avian flight energetics and mechanics as a function of wing morphology |
| topic | Biomathematics Animal flight -- Mathematical models Wings (Anatomy) -- Measurement Flight -- Measurement UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105653 |
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