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Student guest blog post: pterosaur quad launch

...ke. Animation of a pterosaur's quadrupedal launch, by Julia Molnar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALziqtuLxBQ   Rough Calculations, based on the Model Using the data presented by Dr. Habib and an estimated pterosaur body mass of 250 kg, some rough calculations yield the following results. A pterosaur would need to exert a force of about 5 kN over the 0.63-second vault and launch phases to reach the required speed for launch, which seems reasonabl...

Prof. Barba awarded a 2016 Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science

...ese past years, it would not have been possible without the contribution of my students, who have believed in this vision of openness, transparency, sharing, and have worked with me, kept me going and made it worthwhile. On Twitter https://twitter.com/UCBITSS/status/809554853680664576 https://twitter.com/JohnBorghi/status/809519839765114880 https://twitter.com/gwengineering/status/809443085780447232 https://twitter.com/fperez_org/status/8103193074...

New Report: Reproducibility and Replicability in Science

...and reliability of research results" on Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), 9 May 2019. "The National Academies illustrates the more nuanced value of transparency in science" on the blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists, 13 May 2019. On Twitter https://twitter.com/LorenaABarba/status/1125807531622830081?s=20 https://twitter.com/LorenaABarba/status/1125793792223850496?s=20 https://twitter.com/LorenaABarba/status/1126587219702054912?s=20 https:/...

Ph.inally D.one!

...ut On Air. You can view the recordings on You Tube! Anush Krishnan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGPCK-OXpU Christopher Cooper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBb7jQLy8Oo Publications Anush Krishnan "Lift and wakes of flying snakes", Anush Krishnan, John J. Socha, Pavlos V. Vlachos, L. A. Barba. Phys. Fluids, 26:031901 (2014). 10.1063/1.4866444 // Preprint arXiv:1309.2969 // figshare: body geometry // figshare: lift and drag coefficient curves /...