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Note on the glide of a bird with wings bent downwards

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Abstract

This note considers the influence of the bending down of the wings of a bird on the performance of its glide. The induced drag of bent wings is compared with the induced drag of a corresponding straight wing. Numerical results are given.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Universiteit van Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Sparenberg, J.A. Note on the glide of a bird with wings bent downwards. J. Math. Biol. 53, 464–473 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-006-0019-9

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