A mechanical analysis of woodpecker drumming and its application to shock-absorbing systems

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yoon, Sang Hee ^a,b   Park, Sungmin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANERPES AURIFRONS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952464322     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/1/016003     Document Type: Article

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