Why a mosquito leg possesses superior load-bearing capacity on water: experimentals

DOI10.1007/S10409-015-0458-XMaRDI QIDQ332856zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xiang-Qing Kong, Jian-Lin Liu, Chengwei Wu

Publication date 9 November 2016

Published in Acta Mechanica Sinica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-015-0458-x

zbMATH Keywords

flexibilityinitial stepping anglesurface microstructureswater supporting forcewax coating

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanical solid mechanics (74L15) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Experimental work for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids (74-05)

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