Preface |
Preface to AIAA Edition |
Nomenclature |
Introduction / 1: |
Form and Locomotion / 1.1: |
Dynamic Similarity / 1.2: |
Dragging, Floating, and Jumping / 2: |
Terminal Speed of Free-Falling Bodies / 2.1: |
Drifting in Air / 2.2: |
Drifting in Water / 2.3: |
Jumping and Free Falling / 2.4: |
Flight by Gliding / 3: |
Wing Characteristics / 3.1: |
Flight in Birds / 3.2: |
Wind Effects on Gliding Flight / 3.3: |
Auxiliary Devices / 3.4: |
Other Forms of Gliding Flight / 3.5: |
Rotary Seeds / 3.6: |
Flight by Beating / 4: |
Powered Flight / 4.1: |
Power-Saving Flight / 4.2: |
Flight in Insects / 4.4: |
Flight Mechanics in Insects / 4.5: |
Statistical Data on Wings / 4.6: |
Human-Powered Flight / 4.7: |
Swimming by Snaking / 5: |
Micro- and Medium-Sized Elongate Organisms / 5.1: |
Undulatory Motion of a Large Elongate Body / 5.2: |
Swimming by Fanning / 6: |
Fish / 6.1: |
Slender Bodies / 6.2: |
Fanning Mechanics / 6.3: |
Cetacea and Sirenia / 6.4: |
Swimming by Other Methods / 7: |
Paddling and Whipping / 7.1: |
Jetting / 7.2: |
Sweeping / 7.3: |
Beating / 7.4: |
Sailing / 7.5: |
Skating and Wave Riding / 7.6: |
Supplements and Summary / 8: |
Wing Types and Body Forms / 8.1: |
Kinematics of Body and Wing Motion / 8.2: |
Kinetics of Body Motion / 8.3: |
Local Momentum Theory and Local Circulation Method / 8.4: |
Concluding Remarks by Chapter / 8.5: |
In Summary / 8.6: |
Bibliography and Further Reading |
Index |
Supporting Materials |
Preface |
Preface to AIAA Edition |
Nomenclature |
Introduction / 1: |
Form and Locomotion / 1.1: |
Dynamic Similarity / 1.2: |