Locomotion: Dealing with friction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5448-5455

  Radhakrishnan, V ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FRICTION; HISTORY; LIQUID; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032510751     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.10.5448     Document Type: Article

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