Scaling trends of bird’s alular feathers in connection to leading-edge vortex flow over hand-wing
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63181-7
Abstract: An aerodynamic structure ubiquitous in Aves is the alula; a small collection of feathers muscularized near the wrist joint. New research into the aerodynamics of this structure suggests that its primary function is to induce… read more here.
Keywords: hand wing; edge vortex; scaling trends; leading edge ... See more keywords