סמינר מחלקה של פרופ' וולטר פדרלי - ביומכניקה של הידבקות חרקים

16 במאי 2022, 14:00 - 15:00 
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סמינר מחלקה של פרופ' וולטר פדרלי - ביומכניקה של הידבקות חרקים

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR

Monday. May 15, 2022 at 14:00

ZOOM SEMINAR

 

Biomechanics of Insect Adhesion

Prof. Walter Federle

University of Cambridge

 

Many insects, spiders, frogs and lizards are able to climb on smooth plant and rock surfaces with the help of special attachment organs, which are substrate-tolerant, wear-resistant, self-cleaning and controllable, making them promising models for biomimetics.
Adhesive pads of climbing animals are shear-sensitive (directional), allowing rapid detachment during locomotion. Shear-sensitivity of adhesion is achieved by diverse mechanisms at the level of whole body, legs, cuticle and adhesive secretion. Insects have developed special adaptations for controlling adhesion when jumping from smooth plant surfaces, or clinging to rocks underwater with suction organs. Many plants have evolved surfaces that are slippery to insects due to wax crystals or lubricating liquid films. Some insects have developed remarkable counter-adaptations to climb safely on these slippery plants.

Walter Federle is Professor of Comparative Biomechanics at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK. Following his PhD from the University of Würzburg (Germany), and postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University and UC Berkeley (USA), he joined the University of Cambridge in 2005. His research focuses on insect and plant biomechanics, and attachment mechanisms in nature.

 

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