PhD

I started my PhD in 2008 and completed it at the end of 2015, so something of a part time marathon. The subject was the flight of pterosaurs, and my aim was to use an engineering approach to understand the flight mechanisms and performance of the large pterosaurs (6m wingspan and upwards.)

The text and associated figures are available below.

Thesis text C Palmer

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