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Energy saving in flight formation

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  • Henri Weimerskirch

    (Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Julien Martin

    (Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Yannick Clerquin

    (Galatée Films, Le Peuple Migrateur — Jacques Perrin)

  • Peggy Alexandre

    (Galatée Films, Le Peuple Migrateur — Jacques Perrin)

  • Sarka Jiraskova

    (Galatée Films, Le Peuple Migrateur — Jacques Perrin)

Abstract

Pelicans flying in a 'V' can glide for extended periods using the other birds' air streams.

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  • Henri Weimerskirch & Julien Martin & Yannick Clerquin & Peggy Alexandre & Sarka Jiraskova, 2001. "Energy saving in flight formation," Nature, Nature, vol. 413(6857), pages 697-698, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:413:y:2001:i:6857:d:10.1038_35099670
    DOI: 10.1038/35099670
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    1. Michael Griesser & Qi Ma & Simone Webber & Katharine Bowgen & David J T Sumpter, 2011. "Understanding Animal Group-Size Distributions," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(8), pages 1-9, August.
    2. Trenchard, Hugh, 2013. "Peloton phase oscillations," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 194-201.
    3. Trenchard, Hugh & Ratamero, Erick & Richardson, Ashlin & Perc, Matjaž, 2015. "A deceleration model for bicycle peloton dynamics and group sorting," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 251(C), pages 24-34.
    4. Li, Weihua & Zhang, Huaguang & Wang, Wei & Cao, Zhengbao, 2022. "Fully distributed event-triggered time-varying formation control of multi-agent systems subject to mode-switching denial-of-service attacks," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 414(C).
    5. Das, Choton K. & Bass, Octavian & Kothapalli, Ganesh & Mahmoud, Thair S. & Habibi, Daryoush, 2018. "Overview of energy storage systems in distribution networks: Placement, sizing, operation, and power quality," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 1205-1230.

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