There is no trade-off between speed and force in a dynamic lever system

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-386

  McHenry, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Functional morphology; Locomotion; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EQUILIBRIUM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SKELETON; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GRASSHOPPER; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; GRASSHOPPERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKELETON;

EID: 80051694608     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1029     Document Type: Article

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