Bio-friction properties of snake epidermis scales

Run Hua Yu Mi Feng/Lubrication Engineering

Volumn , Issue 11, 2006, Pages 56-59

  Hu, Youyao ^a   Ding, Jianning ^a   Yang, Jichang ^a   Fan, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Zhanli ^a   Zhang, Hao ^b   Dai, Zhendong ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Bio friction; Epidermis scales; Mixed lubrication; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIONICS; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; TESTING;

BACKWARD FRICTION COEFFICIENT; BIO-FRICTION PROPERTIES; BOUNDARY LUBRICATION; ELASTIC DISTORTION; FORWARD FRICTION COEFFICIENT; FRICTION ANISOTROPY; LIQUID LUBRICATION; MIXED LUBRICATION FILM; RECIPROCATE MICRO-FRICTION TESTING DEVICE; SECRETION; SNAKE EPIDERMIS SCALES; SURFACE VELOCITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33846123030     PISSN: 02540150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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