It's not clear what the terms in the equation denote.
Am I correct to establish from the Calculations spreadsheet and Burgers & Chiappe (1999) that:
Cl is the lift coefficient (taken as 1)
f the flapping frequency
Amp the amplitude of a flap
U the ground speed of the running animal (?)
S the wing area
It's not clear whether p corresponds to the "average factor that considers lift being generated only during the downstroke (0.5)", or whether it represents air density (ρ); presumably this is given as the constant 1.23 in the spreadsheet.
It's not clear what the terms in the equation denote.
Am I correct to establish from the Calculations spreadsheet and Burgers & Chiappe (1999) that:
Cl is the lift coefficient (taken as 1)
f the flapping frequency
Amp the amplitude of a flap
U the ground speed of the running animal (?)
SS the wing area
It's not clear whether p_ corresponds to the "average factor that considers lift being generated only during the downstroke (0.5)", or whether it represents air density (ρ); presumably this is given as the constant 1.23 in the spreadsheet.