Flight Matlab

Matlab package for modelling the flying bird

Structure

1. First create a bird with the class Bird (see ./functions/Bird.m).
2. Compute the power curve (power as a function of airspeed) with the function ./functions/mechanicalPower.

App

Run app.mlapp.

Vignettes

See simpleDemo.mlx in the /vignettes/ folder.

Resources:

• Pennycuick, Colin J. 2008. Modelling the Flying Bird. Vol. 5. Elsevier.
• Klein Heerenbrink, M., L. C. Johansson, and A. Hedenström. 2015. “Power of the Wingbeat: Modelling the Effects of Flapping Wings in Vertebrate Flight.” Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 471(2177). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0952.
• https://github.com/MarcoKlH/afpt-r and https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/afpt/vignettes/

Cite as:

Nussbaumer, R. (2022). Flight-Matlab (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5883768