| flysim {flying} | R Documentation |
Range Estimation
Description
Practical range estimation of birds using methods in Pennycuik (1975) Mechanics of Flight. These methods are based on Breguet equations.
Usage
flysim(file, header = TRUE, sep = ",", quote = "\"", dec = ".",
fill = TRUE, comment.char = "", ..., data = NULL,
settings = list())
Arguments
file |
Arguments for path to data. |
header |
Logical. If TRUE use first row as column headers |
sep |
separator |
quote |
The set of quoting characters. see read.csv |
dec |
The character used in the file for decimal points. |
fill |
See read.csv |
comment.char |
For more details see read.csv |
... |
further arguments see read.csv |
data |
A data frame. |
settings |
A list for re-defining constants. See details. |
Details
The option *settings takes the arguments (those particulary required by this function)
ppc: Profile power constant
eFat: Energy content of fuel from fat
g: Accelaration due to gravity
mce: Mechanical conversion efficiency [0,1]
ipf: Induced power factor
vcp: Ventilation and circulation power
airDensity: Air density at cruising altitude
bdc: Body drag coefficient
alpha: Basal metabolism factors in passerines and non passerines
delta: Basal metabolism factors in passerines and non passerines alpha*bodyMass^delta
Value
S3 class object with range estimates based on methods defined and settings used
range estimates (Km)
settings used
data
Author(s)
Brian Masinde
Examples
flysim(data = birds, settings = list(eFat = 3.89*10^7))
flysim(data = birds, settings = list(airDensity = 0.905))