Passive mechanical properties of legs from running insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1502-1515

  Dudek, Daniel M ^a   Full, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Blaberus discoidalis; Locomotion; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACH; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACHES; EXTREMITIES;

ARTHROPODA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33646743644     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02146     Document Type: Article

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