The mechanical cost of transport of fast running animals

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2013.12.002MaRDI QIDQ291589zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mauricio A. Fuentes

Publication date 10 June 2016

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.12.002

zbMATH Keywords

spring-mass modelanimal locomotionhorizontal ground forcesprinting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10)

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