Scaling and biomechanics of surface attachment in climbing animals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1661, 2015, Pages

  Labonte, David ^a   Federle, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinspiration; Contact splitting; Controllable adhesion; Wet adhesives

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; SHEAR; SURFACE;

ANIMALIA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY SIZE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919754991     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0027     Document Type: Review

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