Experimental and numerical study of the flight of geese

• Published in: The Aeronautical Journal
• Main Authors: Dimitriadis, G, Gardiner, JD, Tickle, P, Codd, J, Nudds, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Aeronautical Society 2015
• Subjects: Camber; Branta leucopsis
• Online Access: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/37257/; http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/37257/1/Dimitiriadis%202015%20Experimental%20and%20numerical%20study%20of%20the%20flight%20of%20geese.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1017/s0001924000010939

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 footage wa...