Experimental and numerical study of the flight of geese

• Published in: The Aeronautical Journal
• Main Authors: Dimitriadis, G., Gardiner, J. D., Tickle, P. G., Codd, J., Nudds, R. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: Camber; Branta leucopsis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001924000010939; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0001924000010939

Abstract The flight of barnacle geese at airspeeds representing high-speed migrating flight is investigated using experiments and simulations. The experimental part of the work involved the filming of three barnacle geese (Branta Leucopsis) flying at different airspeeds in a wind tunnel. The video f...