Studying the deformation of arachnid slit sensilla by a fracture mechanical approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1761-1768

  Hossl B ^a,b   Bohm H J ^a   Rammerstorfer, F G ^a   Mullan R ^b   Barth, F G ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; Kachanov approximation; Mechanoreception; Slit sensilla; Spiders

Indexed keywords

KACHANOV APPROXIMATION; MECHANORECEPTION; SLIT SENSILLA; SPIDERS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIODIVERSITY; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SKELETON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSE ORGANS; SPIDERS;

EID: 33745397211     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.05.031     Document Type: Article

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