On the feasibility of the Rayleigh cycle for dynamic soaring trajectories
On the feasibility of the Rayleigh cycle for dynamic soaring trajectories
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Dynamic soaring is a flight technique used by albatrosses and other birds to cover large distances without the expenditure of energy, which is extracted from the available wind conditions, as brightly perceived five centuries ago by Leonardo da Vinci. Closed dynamic soaring trajectories use spatial variations of wind speed to travel, in principle,...
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On the feasibility of the Rayleigh cycle for dynamic soaring trajectories
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0229746
