On surface structure and friction regulation in reptilian limbless locomotion

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-135

  Abdel Aal, Hisham A ^a,b  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio inspired skin; Biomimetic; Reptiles; Skin friction; Skin tribology; Snakeskin; Surface texture

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; METROLOGICAL FEATURES; OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL; REPTILES; SKIN TRIBOLOGY; SNAKESKIN; STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE; SURFACE TEXTURES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMIMETICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBES; SKIN FRICTION; TEXTURES; TOPOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SKIN; SNAKE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; FRICTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84877708651     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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