Energy storage and release to facilitate movement during static and sliding friction, animal jumps and earthquakes
Animals of all sizes in all media (water, land, air) exhibit periodic motion (Fig. 2) with features predicted on the basis of a one-degree-of-freedom model, namely the speed of forward travel or, alternatively, the frequency of body oscillation (leg step, wing beat, roll).2.8. The predicted results are consistent with measurements in animals. The agreement manifests […]
