Normalized Lift: An Energy Interpretation of the Lift Coefficient Simplifies Comparisons of the Lifting Ability of Rotating and Flapping Surfaces

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Phillip Burgers ,

* E-mail: philburgers@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Arts and Sciences, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, San Diego, California, United States of America
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David E. Alexander

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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