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Compute the mechanical power (W =J/s) required for a specific bird flying as at a given airspeed in m/s. bird is created with flight_bird().

Usage

flight_power(as, bird)

Arguments

as

airspeed in m/s

bird

list of basic morphological trait necessary: mass, wing span, wing aspect ratio and body frontal area. It is best practice to create bird with flight_bird().

Value

mechanical power in Watt (or Joule/seconds) corresponding to the airspeed

Examples

bird <- flight_bird("Acrocephalus arundinaceus")
airspeed <- seq(0, 30)
power <- flight_power(airspeed, bird)
plot(airspeed, power, xlab = "Airspeed [m/s]", ylab = "Mechanical Power [W]", type = "l")