Multiscale modelling and simulation of the deformation and adhesion of a single gecko seta

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 627-640

  Sauer, Roger A ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational contact mechanics; Gecko adhesion; Geometrically exact beam theory; Interatomic potential; Multiscale modelling; Nonlinear finite element methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949882599     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840902802917     Document Type: Article

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