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()
.
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()
.
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")