Frictional-anisotropy-based systems in biology: Structural diversity and numerical model

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Filippov, Alexander ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b  

^a DONETSK PHYSICOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FRICTION; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ANTS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FRICTION; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873690772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01240     Document Type: Article

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