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Author : R. McNeill Alexander
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Mechanics of Animal Locomotion written by R. McNeill Alexander and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. McNeill Alexander
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691126348
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Principles of Animal Locomotion written by R. McNeill Alexander and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can geckoes walk on the ceiling and basilisk lizards run over water? What are the aerodynamic effects that enable small insects to fly? What are the relative merits of squids' jet-propelled swimming and fishes' tail-powered swimming? Why do horses change gait as they increase speed? What determines our own vertical leap? Recent technical advances have greatly increased researchers' ability to answer these questions with certainty and in detail. This text provides an up-to-date overview of how animals run, walk, jump, crawl, swim, soar, hover, and fly. Excluding only the tiny creatures that use cilia, it covers all animals that power their movements with muscle--from roundworms to whales, clams to elephants, and gnats to albatrosses. The introduction sets out the general rules governing all modes of animal locomotion and considers the performance criteria--such as speed, endurance, and economy--that have shaped their selection. It introduces energetics and optimality as basic principles. The text then tackles each of the major modes by which animals move on land, in water, and through air. It explains the mechanisms involved and the physical and biological forces shaping those mechanisms, paying particular attention to energy costs. Focusing on general principles but extensively discussing a wide variety of individual cases, this is a superb synthesis of current knowledge about animal locomotion. It will be enormously useful to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and a range of professional biologists, physicists, and engineers.
Author : R. McNeill Alexander
Publisher : Chapman & Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Mechanics and Energetics of Animal Locomotion written by R. McNeill Alexander and published by Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 1977 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Pratt Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Radical-mechanics of Animal Locomotion written by William Pratt Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Alexander
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789401160100
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Locomotion of Animals written by Robert Alexander and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about how animals travel around on land, in water and in the air. It is mainly about mechanisms of locomotion, their limitations and their energy requirements. There is some information about muscle physiology in Chapter 1, but only as much as seems necessary for the discussions of mechanisms and energetics. There is information in later chapters about the patterns of repetitive movement involved, for instance, in different gaits, but nothing about nervous mechanisms of coordination. I have tried to include most ofthe widely-used methods of locomotion, but have not thought it sensible to try to mention every variety of locomotion used by animals. This book is designed for undergraduates, but I hope that other people will also find it interesting. It is possible and sometimes illuminating to use complex mathematics in discussions of animal locomotion. This book includes many equations, but little mathematics. Such mathematics as there is, is simple. Discussions of the mechanisms and energetics of locomotion inevitably involve mechanics. I expect that some readers will know a lot of mechanics, and some hardly any. I have tried to help the latter without boring the former, by putting a summary of the necessary mechanics in an appendix (p. 140). References from the main text to the appendix will tell readers where they can find help, if they need it. Figures and equations in the appendix have numbers distinguished by a prefix A (for instance, Figure A.3).
Author : Malcolm S. Gordon
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351966197
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Animal Locomotion written by Malcolm S. Gordon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations is a professional-level, state of the art review and reference summarizing the current understanding of macroscopic metazoan animal movement. The comparative biophysics, biomechanics and bioengineering of swimming, flying and terrestrial locomotion are placed in contemporary frameworks of biodiversity, evolutionary process, and modern research methods, including mathematical analysis. The intended primary audience is advanced-level students and researchers primarily interested in and trained in mathematics, physical sciences and engineering. Although not encyclopedic in its coverage, anyone interested in organismal biology, functional morphology, organ systems and ecological physiology, physiological ecology, molecular biology, molecular genetics and systems biology should find this book useful.
Author : Andrew Biewener
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191060852
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Animal Locomotion written by Andrew Biewener and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals have evolved remarkable biomechanical and physiological systems that enable their rich repertoire of motion. Animal Locomotion offers a fundamental understanding of animal movement through a broad comparative and integrative approach, including basic mathematics and physics, examination of new and enduring literature, consideration of classic and cutting-edge methods, and a strong emphasis on the core concepts that consistently ground the dizzying array of animal movements. Across scales and environments, this book integrates the biomechanics of animal movement with the physiology of animal energetics and the neural control of locomotion. This second edition has been thoroughly revised, incorporating new content on non-vertebrate animal locomotor systems, studies of animal locomotion that have inspired robotic designs, and a new chapter on the use of evolutionary approaches to locomotor mechanisms and performance.
Author : Andrew A. Biewener
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198500223
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Animal Locomotion written by Andrew A. Biewener and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a clear foundation, based on physical biology and biomechanics, for understanding the underlying mechanisms by which animals have evolved to move in their physical environment. It integrates the biomechanics of animal movement with the physiology of animal energetics and the neural control of locomotion. The author also communicates a sense of the awe and fascination that comes from watching the grace, speed, and power of animals in motion. Movement is a fundamental distinguishing feature of animal life, and a variety of extremely effective mechanical and physiological designs have evolved. Common themes are observed for the ways in which animals successfully contend with the properties of a given physical environment across diversity of life forms and varying locomotor modes. Understanding the common principles of design that span a diverse array of animals requires a broad comparative and integrative approach to their study. This theme persists throughout the book, as various modes and mechanisms of animal locomotion are covered. Since an animal's size is equally critical to its functional design, the effects of scale on locomotor energetics and mechanics are also discussed. Biewener begins by examining the underlying machinery for movement: skeletal muscles used for force generation, skeletons used for force transmission, and spring-like elements used for energy savings. He then describes the basic mechanisms that animals have evolved to move over land, in and on the surface of the water, and in the air. Common fluid dynamic principles are discussed as background to both swimming and flight. In addition to discussing the locomotor mechanisms of complex animals, the locomotor movement of single cells is also covered. Common biochemical features of cellular metabolism are then reviewed before discussing the energetic aspects of various locomotor modes. Strategies for conserving energy and moving economically are again highlighted in this section of the book. Emphasis is placed on comparisons of energetic features across locomotor modes. The book concludes with a discussion of the neural control of animal locomotion. The basic neurosensory and motor elements common to vertebrates and arthropods are discussed, and features of sensori-motor organization and function are highlighted. These are then examined in the context of specific examples of how animals control the rhythmic patterns of limb and body movement that underlie locomotor function and stability.
Author : David Hu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691204160
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls written by David Hu and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes readers on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of animal motion. From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. In turn, the latest discoveries about animal mechanics are inspiring scientists to invent robots and devices that move with similar elegance and efficiency. Hu follows scientists as they investigate a multitude of animal movements, from the undulations of sandfish and the way that dogs shake off water in fractions of a second to the seemingly crash-resistant characteristics of insect flight. Not limiting his exploration to individual organisms, Hu describes the ways animals enact swarm intelligence, such as when army ants cooperate and link their bodies to create bridges that span ravines. He also looks at what scientists learn from nature's unexpected feats--such as snakes that fly, mosquitoes that survive rainstorms, and dead fish that swim upstream. As researchers better understand such issues as energy, flexibility, and water repellency in animal movement, they are applying this knowledge to the development of cutting-edge technology. Integrating biology, engineering, physics, and robotics, [this book] demystifies the remarkable mechanics behind animal locomotion"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : William Pratt Wainwright
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022154292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (542 download)
Download or read book Radical-Mechanics of Animal Locomotion written by William Pratt Wainwright and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the mechanics of animal locomotion, with a focus on new and innovative theories and explanations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Tristan David Martin Roberts
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
ISBN 13 : 9780412601606
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Understanding Balance written by Tristan David Martin Roberts and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1995 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will greatly assist teachers, practitioners and students from such disciplines as physiotherapy, rehabilitation, physiology and biomechanics in their understanding, assessment and treatment of balance problems.
Author : William Pratt Wainwright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332230433
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Radical-Mechanics of Animal Locomotion written by William Pratt Wainwright and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Radical-Mechanics of Animal Locomotion: With Remarks on the Setting-Up of Soldiers, Horse and Foot, and on the Supplying of Cavalry Horses The following discussion, if it establish a method of accomplishing the ends described in its title, may be of use beyond the sphere of contributing to the "setting-up" of soldiers; for "being set-up," in its proper sense, should give additional strength and activity to any man. In fact, setting-up aims at the restoration of the human frame, so far as locomotion and position are concerned, to the perfection in which God created it; a derangement of this perfection being the real obstacle which hinders a man's body from perfectly following the motion of a horse, when riding, or from accommodating its balance to any normal posture in which it may be placed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James Bell Pettigrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Animal Locomotion, Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying written by James Bell Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eadweard Muybridge
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Science of Animal Locomotion (Zoopraxography) written by Eadweard Muybridge and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a brilliant study of some phases of animal movements. The writer has attempted to explain the information straightforwardly, avoiding technicalities to help the readers grasp information quickly.
Author : Alexander
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401160090
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Locomotion of Animals written by Alexander and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about how animals travel around on land, in water and in the air. It is mainly about mechanisms of locomotion, their limitations and their energy requirements. There is some information about muscle physiology in Chapter 1, but only as much as seems necessary for the discussions of mechanisms and energetics. There is information in later chapters about the patterns of repetitive movement involved, for instance, in different gaits, but nothing about nervous mechanisms of coordination. I have tried to include most ofthe widely-used methods of locomotion, but have not thought it sensible to try to mention every variety of locomotion used by animals. This book is designed for undergraduates, but I hope that other people will also find it interesting. It is possible and sometimes illuminating to use complex mathematics in discussions of animal locomotion. This book includes many equations, but little mathematics. Such mathematics as there is, is simple. Discussions of the mechanisms and energetics of locomotion inevitably involve mechanics. I expect that some readers will know a lot of mechanics, and some hardly any. I have tried to help the latter without boring the former, by putting a summary of the necessary mechanics in an appendix (p. 140). References from the main text to the appendix will tell readers where they can find help, if they need it. Figures and equations in the appendix have numbers distinguished by a prefix A (for instance, Figure A.3).
Author : James Bell Pettigrew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Animal Locomotion written by James Bell Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of Pennsylvania
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Animal Locomotion written by University of Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
