Frictional mechanism and anisotropy of Burmese python's ventral scale surface

Mocaxue Xuebao/Tribology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-366

  Zhang, Zhan Li ^a,b   Ding, Jian Ning ^a   Yang, Ji Chang ^a   Fan, Zhen ^a   Hu, You Yao ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Burmese python; Friction coefficient; Microstructure; Ventral scale; Wear mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BURMESE PYTHON; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; VENTRAL SCALE; WEAR MECHANISM;

FRICTION;

EID: 34548358921     PISSN: 10040595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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