2 papers
physics.bio-ph2024
Intermittent turbulent gusts lift eagles
Dipendra Gupta, David Brandes, Michael J Lanzone +2
Turbulence grounds aircraft and combating it in flight requires energy, yet volant wildlife fly effortlessly even on windy days. The nature of the interactions between soaring bird…
q-bio.QM2021
Turbulence explains the accelerations of an eagle in natural flight
Kasey M. Laurent, Bob Fogg, Tobias Ginsburg +5
Turbulent winds and gusts fluctuate on a wide range of timescales from milliseconds to minutes and longer, a range that overlaps the timescales of avian flight behavior, yet the im…