Modeling and analysis of the supporting force of water strider's legs

Applied Mechanics and Materials

Volumn 138-139, Issue , 2012, Pages 356-361

  Wang, Qingcheng ^a,b   Yang, Xiaodong ^b,c   Shang, Guangrui ^b   Yang, Zhuojuan ^b   Cao, Guohua ^a   Xu, Hongji ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Jilin Teachers Institute of Engineering and Technology   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buoyancy force; Superhydrophobicity; Supporting force; Surface tension; Water strider's leg

Indexed keywords

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION;

BODY WEIGHT; BUOYANCY FORCES; CALCULATED VALUES; CRITICAL CONDITION; FORCE MODEL; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SUPPORTING FORCE; WATER STRIDER'S LEG; WATER STRIDERS; WATER SURFACE;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 82355184525     PISSN: 16609336     EISSN: 16627482     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.138-139.356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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