Help finding information on bionic tribology (friction) of birds and fish please

steve227 · 11-21-2005, 12:29 AM

Hello, my name is Steve and i just came across this forum while trying to find information.

I'm writing a report for an engineering class on wear and friction.
my specific topic is:

Bionic Tribology: friction (living creatures in air and water)

i have been searching the university library databases for weeks for information but finding the correct keywords is proving to be quite difficult.

if anyone has an resources dealing with friction, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, or anything somewhat related to those dealing with airborn or seagoing animals can you please send me links or pdf files please?

my time is running out and i simply haven't been able to find enough information. my paper is due Dec 1, 2005

if possible i would appreciate direct emails to steve227@gmail.com but replies in this thread will be fine.

i feel like i could just about vomit because about 20 minutes ago i realised that more than half of the information i've collected so far is useless because it's based on land animals. mostly snakes and burrowing animals.

thank you for your time,

Steve

KJELL · 11-21-2005, 02:49 AM

Hi Steve,
Maybe this is what you are looking for.
http://www.princeton.edu/~asmits/Bicycle_web/blunt.html

11-21-2005, 02:55 AM

actually i'm looking for more of a cross between these two sites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics

thanks though,

Steve

Chronister · 11-22-2005, 10:23 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

http://www.angle.org/anglonline/?req...e=03&page=0319

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...fluid%22&hl=en

steve227 · 11-22-2005, 05:24 PM

thank you very much Chronister,

those are actually slightly outside the scope of my paper but they are PERFECT for another classmate of mine. i just sent him the links.

thanx,
Steve

Patricia Jones-Bowman · 12-02-2005, 08:38 PM

You might find something in Steven Vogel's excellent book 'Life In Moving Fluids'
or in the research papers online at the Journal Of Experimental Biology [a search there will probably turn up quite a bit of relevant research]
http://jeb.biologists.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml
Cheers,
Patricia

steve227 · 12-05-2005, 01:29 AM

well i've already handed my paper in but i'll bookmark that site. thank you very much. it looks interesting.

Steve

11-21-2005, 12:29 AM	#1
steve227 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	Help finding information on bionic tribology (friction) of birds and fish please Hello, my name is Steve and i just came across this forum while trying to find information. I'm writing a report for an engineering class on wear and friction. my specific topic is: Bionic Tribology: friction (living creatures in air and water) i have been searching the university library databases for weeks for information but finding the correct keywords is proving to be quite difficult. if anyone has an resources dealing with friction, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, or anything somewhat related to those dealing with airborn or seagoing animals can you please send me links or pdf files please? my time is running out and i simply haven't been able to find enough information. my paper is due Dec 1, 2005 if possible i would appreciate direct emails to steve227@gmail.com but replies in this thread will be fine. i feel like i could just about vomit because about 20 minutes ago i realised that more than half of the information i've collected so far is useless because it's based on land animals. mostly snakes and burrowing animals. thank you for your time, Steve

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11-21-2005, 02:49 AM	#2
KJELL Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mallorca Spain Posts: 470	Hi Steve, Maybe this is what you are looking for. http://www.princeton.edu/~asmits/Bicycle_web/blunt.html

11-21-2005, 02:55 AM	#3
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	actually i'm looking for more of a cross between these two sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics thanks though, Steve

11-22-2005, 10:23 AM	#4
Chronister Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 368	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract http://www.angle.org/anglonline/?req...e=03&page=0319 http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...fluid%22&hl=en

11-22-2005, 05:24 PM	#5
steve227 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	thank you very much Chronister, those are actually slightly outside the scope of my paper but they are PERFECT for another classmate of mine. i just sent him the links. thanx, Steve

12-02-2005, 08:38 PM	#6
Patricia Jones-Bowman Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 487	You might find something in Steven Vogel's excellent book 'Life In Moving Fluids' or in the research papers online at the Journal Of Experimental Biology [a search there will probably turn up quite a bit of relevant research] http://jeb.biologists.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml Cheers, Patricia

12-05-2005, 01:29 AM	#7
steve227 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	well i've already handed my paper in but i'll bookmark that site. thank you very much. it looks interesting. Steve