Comparative Biomechanics (eBook)

Life's Physical World - Second Edition

Steven Vogel (Autor)

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2013 | 2., Second Edition
640 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4782-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The classic textbook on comparative biomechanicsrevised and expandedWhy do you switch from walking to running at a specific speed? Why do tall trees rarely blow over in high winds? And why does a spore ejected into air at seventy miles per hour travel only a fraction of an inch? Comparative Biomechanics is the first and only textbook that takes a comprehensive look at the mechanical aspects of lifecovering animals and plants, structure and movement, and solids and fluids. An ideal entry point into the ways living creatures interact with their immediate physical world, this revised and updated edition examines how the forms and activities of animals and plants reflect the materials available to nature, considers rules for fluid flow and structural design, and explores how organisms contend with environmental forces.Drawing on physics and mechanical engineering, Steven Vogel looks at how animals swim and fly, modes of terrestrial locomotion, organism responses to winds and water currents, circulatory and suspension-feeding systems, and the relationship between size and mechanical design. He also investigates links between the properties of biological materialssuch as spider silk, jellyfish jelly, and muscleand their structural and functional roles. Early chapters and appendices introduce relevant physical variables for quantification, and problem sets are provided at the end of each chapter. Comparative Biomechanics is useful for physical scientists and engineers seeking a guide to state-of-the-art biomechanics. For a wider audience, the textbook establishes the basic biological context for applied areasincluding ergonomics, orthopedics, mechanical prosthetics, kinesiology, sports medicine, and biomimeticsand provides materials for exhibit designers at science museums.Problem sets at the ends of chaptersAppendices cover basic background informationUpdated and expanded documentation and materialsRevised figures and textIncreased coverage of friction, viscoelastic materials, surface tension, diverse modes of locomotion, and biomimetics

Autor

Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biology at Duke University. His numerous books include Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds (Princeton) and Cats' Paws and Catapults (Norton).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.6.2013
• Zusatzinfo: 11 halftones. 250 line illus. 40 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: acceleration • Action potential • Advance ratio • Airfoil • Apatite • Appendage • Artery • Bernoulli's Principle • blimp • boundary layer • buckling • Buoyancy • Calculation • Cavitation • Chitin • Cilium • circulatory system • coefficient • Coefficient of Restitution • Collagen • Compression (physics) • Compressive strength • compressive stress • convection • Cost of transport • crustacean • Cylinder stress • Dashpot • Dimensional Analysis • Dimensionless quantity • drag coefficient • Drag crisis • dynamic pressure • Elastic modulus • Energy Storage • Flagellum • Flywheel • Fracture • fragility • Froude number • gravitational acceleration • Gravity • high pressure • hinge • Hooke's law • hydrostatics • ideal gas • Imbibition • insect • instability • Internal pressure • Kevlar • kilogram • Laminar Flow • Lipid • Mammal • mean free path • micrometer • Molecule • Motility • Murray's law • Neutral plane • non-Newtonian fluid • Obesity • organism • Pascal (unit) • Poisson's ratio • polytetrafluoroethylene • pressure coefficient • Protein • Quantity • Regenerative brake • Reynolds Number • Safety factor (plasma physics) • Sea Cucumber • shear modulus • shear stress • shear thinning • shortening • Slow flight • Springtail • Stiffness • Stokes' law • Stress–strain curve • Superiority (short story) • Surface Area • surface tension • Swim bladder • synovial fluid • Tension (physics) • toughness • Ultimate Tensile Strength • van der Waals force • Velocity gradient • viscoelasticity • viscosity • Wing tip • Wolff's Law • Work output • Young's Modulus
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4782-6 / 1400847826
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4782-2 / 9781400847822