The function of the wishbone

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 2751-2758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Bailey ◽  
M. Edwin Demont
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Wingbeat Frequency ◽  
Respiratory Mechanism

The furcula of birds has traditionally been thought to have a static function. In recent studies it has been hypothesized that the furcula may be acting as a spring in a secondary respiratory mechanism that functions during flight. We tested this hypothesis by comparing the wingbeat frequency and the predicted natural frequency of this secondary respiratory system in 17 avian species, and found a correspondence of nearly 1:1 between these frequencies. Thus, the thoraco-abdominal complex in those birds that couple wingbeat with respiration in a 1:1 ratio may operate as a resonant oscillator during flight. Others have hypothesized that the furcula may function as a spring by assisting in the upstroke phase of the wingbeat cycle. We found that the furculas of 16 of the 17 bird species did not store a functionally important quantity of elastic strain energy compared with the kinetic energy of the wings. We further hypothesized that the furcula may be acting as a spring in a resonant panting system. However, the panting frequencies of three bird species were found to be different from the predicted natural frequencies of their thoraco-abdominal complex. Thus, the furcula does not appear to be functionally important in panting.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of Influence of Support Failures on Rockbursts under True-Triaxial Condition

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoshao Su ◽  
Tianbin Li ◽  
Jianqing Jiang ◽  
Guoqing Chen ◽  
Jinghai Mo
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Test System ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Underground Engineering ◽  
True Triaxial ◽  
Static Failure ◽  
Rock Specimens

Supports can effectively reinforce the surrounding rock after excavation in underground engineering. However, a support failure may cause an extremely intense rockburst. Hence, the influences of support failures, including support forces, support failure timings, and support failure rates, on rockbursts were systematically investigated in the present study. Unloading tests on rock specimens, using a true-triaxial rockburst test system, were performed to simulate rockbursts induced by support failure. The experimental results indicate that increasing support forces increased the prepeak accumulated elastic strain energy, the kinetic energy of the ejection fragment, and the ratio between the kinetic energy and release strain energy, whereas the damage to the rock specimens declined. During the testing process, the longer it took to unload the minimum stresses was, which means that the later the support failed, the greater the prepeak accumulated elastic strain energy was, the kinetic energies of the ejection fragments were, and the ratio of the kinetic energy and release strain energy was. Furthermore, as the support failure rate incremented, the kinetic energies of the ejection fragments of the rockbursts linearly increased, the failure mode of the rock changed from static failure to dynamic rockbursts, and the intensities of the rockbursts increased.

Do muscles function as adaptable locomotor springs?

2002 ◽  
Vol 205 (15) ◽  
pp. 2211-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan L. Lindstedt ◽  
Trude E. Reich ◽  
Paul Keim ◽  
Paul C. LaStayo
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Normal Animal ◽  
Eccentric Contractions ◽  
Normal Muscle ◽  
Energetic Costs ◽  
Locomotor Muscles ◽  
Power Outputs

SUMMARYDuring normal animal movements, the forces produced by the locomotor muscles may be greater than, equal to or less than the forces acting on those muscles, the consequences of which significantly affect both the maximum force produced and the energy consumed by the muscles. Lengthening (eccentric)contractions result in the greatest muscle forces at the lowest relative energetic costs. Eccentric contractions play a key role in storing elastic strain energy which, when recovered in subsequent contractions, has been shown to result in enhanced force, work or power outputs. We present data that support the concept that this ability of muscle to store and recover elastic strain energy is an adaptable property of skeletal muscle. Further, we speculate that a crucial element in that muscle spring may be the protein titin. It too seems to adapt to muscle use, and its stiffness seems to be`tuned' to the frequency of normal muscle use.

The Elastostatic Axisymmetric Problem of a Cracked Sphere Embedded in a Dissimilar Matrix

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kant ◽  
D. B. Bogy
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Infinite Medium ◽  
Applied Mechanics ◽  
Axisymmetric Solution ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Elastostatic Problem

The axisymmetric elastostatic problem of a cracked sphere embedded in a dissimilar matrix is solved by using the solution for a spherical cavity in an infinite medium together with the axisymmetric solution for a cracked sphere given in the companion paper in this issue of the Journal of Applied Mechanics, Pages 538-544. Numerical results are presented for (a) interface stress for various composites (b) dependence of the stress-intensity factor on the material parameters and ratios of crack to sphere radii, (c) the difference in the elastic strain energy for a cracked and uncracked composite.

scholarly journals Effect of Joint Density on Rockburst Proneness of the Elastic-Brittle-Plastic Rock Mass

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jiliang Pan ◽  
Fenhua Ren ◽  
Meifeng Cai
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Jointed Rock ◽  
Jointed Rock Mass ◽  
Joint Density ◽  
Dissipated Energy ◽  
Uniaxial Compression Test ◽  
Plastic Rock

The prediction of rockburst proneness is the basis of preventing and controlling rockburst disasters in rock engineering. Based on energy theory and damage mechanics, the quantitative functional relationship between joint density and energy density was derived. Then, the theoretical results were verified by numerical simulation and uniaxial compression test, and the effect of joint density on rockburst proneness of the elastic-brittle-plastic rock mass was discussed. The results show that the relationship between the joint density and the dissipated energy index of the jointed rock mass is a logarithmic function. With the same total input energy, the higher the joint density, the more the damage dissipation energy. Even in the case of high joint density, the rock mass still has limited resistance to external failure. Under the same joint density, the strength of parallel jointed rock mass is better than that of the cross-jointed rock mass, and the parallel jointed rock mass can accumulate more elastic strain energy and has higher rockburst proneness. The joint density is closely related to the ability of the rock mass to store high strain energy. The higher the joint density is, the weaker the ability to accumulate the elastic strain energy of rock mass is and the lower the rockburst proneness is. It is helpful to predict rockburst proneness by investigating and studying the properties of geological discontinuities. The research results have some theoretical and engineering guiding significance for the prediction of rockburst proneness of the jointed rock mass.

scholarly journals Dynamic Stability Critical State of Pin-Ended Arches under Sudden Central Concentrated Load

Mechanika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai QIN ◽  
Jingyuan LI ◽  
Mengsha LIU ◽  
Jinsan JU
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Critical Load ◽  
Critical State ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Principle ◽  
Concentrated Load ◽  
Elastic Plastic

The dynamic in-plane instability process of extreme point type for pin-ended arches when a central radial load applied suddenly with infinite duration is analyzed with finite element method in this study. The state of arch can be determined by the crown’s vertical displacement varied with time and the critical load can be obtained by repeating trial-calculation. When the arch structure reaches the dynamically stable critical state, the kinetic energy of the structure is very small or even zero. The dynamic critical load of elastic arch calculated with the theoretical analysis method which is based on energy principle is proved accuracy enough by comparing with the finite element calculation results and the percentage of the differences between them are no more than 4.5 %. The maximal elastic strain energy is certain for the elastic-plastic arch in certain geometry under both a sudden load and static load. The maximal elastic strain energy in static calculation can be used in determining the state of the elastic-plastic arch under dynamic sudden loads applied and this method is more accurate which errors won’t exceed 3.5 %. The accuracy of dynamic critical load calculation method for elastic arch is verified by numerical calculation in this study, and based on the characteristic of elastic strain energy in critical state, a method for determining the stability of elastic-plastic arch is presented.

scholarly journals Ut vis sic tensio

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Saccomandi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Nonlinear Response ◽  
Solid Mechanics ◽  
Functional Form ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
Strongly Nonlinear ◽  
Long Time

The mechanical properties of rubber-like materials have been offering an outstanding challenge to the solid mechanics community for a long time. The behaviour of such materials is quite difficult to predict because rubber self-organizes into mesoscopic physical structures that play a prominent role in determining their complex, history-dependent and strongly nonlinear response. In this framework one of the main problems is to find a functional form of the elastic strain-energy that best describes the experimental data in a mathematical feasible way. The aim of this paper is to give a survey of recent advances aimed at solving such a problem.

Elastic Strain Energy Effects in Faceted Decahedral Nanoparticles

2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 1485-1494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srikanth Patala ◽  
Laurence D. Marks ◽  
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy

External work and potential for elastic storage at the limb joints of running dogs

1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (23) ◽  
pp. 3197-3210 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Gregersen ◽  
N. A. Silverton ◽  
D. R. Carrier
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
External Work ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
Extensor Muscles ◽  
Positive Work

The storage and recovery of elastic strain energy in muscles and tendons increases the economy of locomotion in running vertebrates. In this investigation, we compared the negative and positive external work produced at individual limb joints of running dogs to evaluate which muscle-tendon systems contribute to elastic storage and to determine the extent to which the external work of locomotion is produced by muscles that shorten actively rather than by muscles that function as springs. We found that the negative and positive external work of the extensor muscles is not allocated equally among the different joints and limbs. During both trotting and galloping, the vast majority of the negative work was produced by the two distal joints, the wrist and ankle. The forelimb produced most of the negative work in both the trot and the gallop. The hindlimb produced most of the positive work during galloping, but not during trotting. With regards to elastic storage, our results indicate that the forelimb of dogs displays a greater potential for storage and recovery of elastic energy than does the hindlimb. Elastic storage appears to be more important during trotting than during galloping, and elastic storage appears to be more pronounced in the extensor muscles of the distal joints than in the extensor muscles of the proximal joints. Furthermore, our analysis indicates that a significant portion of the external work of locomotion, 26% during trotting and 56 % during galloping, is produced by actively shortening muscles. We conclude that, although elastic storage of energy is extremely important to the economy of running gaits, actively shortening muscles do make an important contribution to the work of locomotion.

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