Barn owl in flight

Silent Owl

August 11, 20241 min read

Silent Owl

Studying nature's solutions to engineering problems can be a short-cut to a successful design.

Some scientists have recently used owl wing design to allow quieter flight...

Their paper details:

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘄𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹

𝘑𝘪𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘯𝘨1,2, 𝘠𝘢𝘫𝘶𝘯 𝘑𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘨3, 𝘠𝘶𝘵𝘢 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘢3, 𝘙𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪3, 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪4 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘶5,1,2

𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 17 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2023 • © 2023 𝘐𝘖𝘗 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘵𝘥

𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 & 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 19, 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 1

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴

The original paper can be found here:

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/ad0aa9

The full video is from BBC Earth and does not belong to me. If you would like to watch the whole video, you can find it here:


Dr Alison Camacho is the founder and owner of 42tutoring Limited.

She is a very experienced teacher (>24 years) of A level Physics and Science at GCSE.
She is a member of the Institute of Physics and the Association for Science Education.

Dr Alison Camacho

Dr Alison Camacho is the founder and owner of 42tutoring Limited. She is a very experienced teacher (>24 years) of A level Physics and Science at GCSE. She is a member of the Institute of Physics and the Association for Science Education.

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