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J Exp Biol (2020) 223 (6): jeb213009.
Published: 16 March 2020
... vertebral trabecular bone mechanical properties (yield strength, stiffness and toughness) throughout development in Florida manatees ( Trichechus manatus latirostris ), obligate undulatory swimmers. Thoracic, lumbar and caudal vertebrae were dissected from manatees ( N =20) during necropsies. We extracted 6...
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J Exp Biol (2019) 222 (15): jeb201103.
Published: 7 August 2019
... was on the outside. In contrast, the static out–in and in–out bending tests reveal that a better mechanical protection of the shell against slow mechanical attacks is achieved if the nacre is on the outside. However, the shell has the same mechanical properties against dynamic mechanical attacks regardless of nacre...
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J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (21): jeb185421.
Published: 29 October 2018
.... The embedded leg segments used in the flexural stiffness tests above were kept in a freezer (−20°C) for approximately 4 months prior to testing for bending strength. It is acknowledged that the storage process may affect the mechanical properties, but all specimens were stored in the same manner so...
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J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (11): 2108–2119.
Published: 1 June 2017
... and entangle and immobilise the predator in a matter of seconds. The mechanical properties (extensibility, tensile strength, stiffness and toughness) of quiescent (i.e. in the body cavity) and elongated (i.e. after expulsion) Cuvierian tubules were investigated in the species Holothuria forskali using traction...
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J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (6): 959–963.
Published: 15 March 2017
...Deeksha Seth; Brooke E. Flammang; George V. Lauder; James L. Tangorra ABSTRACT Knowledge about the stiffness of fish fins, and whether stiffness is modulated during swimming, is important for understanding the mechanics of a fin's force production. However, the mechanical properties of fins have...
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J Exp Biol (2013) 216 (21): 3971–3980.
Published: 1 November 2013
...: more compliant tendons (lower stiffness) are weaker, stiffer tendons are stronger ( Matson et al., 2012 ). This would suggest that the gibbon Achilles tendon is more susceptible to injury than the patellar tendon. In conclusion, the anatomical dimensions and mechanical properties of the gibbon...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (11): 1983–1993.
Published: 1 June 2012
... examined the material properties of fish bone, these have used a variety of techniques and there have been no direct contrasts of acellular and cellular bone. We report on a comparison of the structural and mechanical properties of the ribs and opercula between two freshwater fish – the common carp...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (6): 873–883.
Published: 15 March 2012
... unappreciated interdependences between these materials and their prevailing chemical, physical and ecological environments. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 31 5 2011 © 2012. 2012 mechanical properties molecular structures length scales perturbation mussel...
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J Exp Biol (2010) 213 (3): 479–486.
Published: 1 February 2010
..., three-point bending, and fracture tests to investigate the structural and mechanical properties of the horn sheaths from subadult cattle, Bos taurus . The effects of hydration on the mechanical properties were examined and their variations along the longitudinal direction of the horn sheath were...
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J Exp Biol (2009) 212 (24): 3985–3993.
Published: 15 December 2009
...J. D. Currey; T. Landete-Castillejos; J. Estevez; F. Ceacero; A. Olguin; A. Garcia; L. Gallego SUMMARY We assessed the hydration state of antlers and its effect on antler mechanical properties compared with wet femur. Red deer antlers were removed from the head at various times, from a few days...
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J Exp Biol (2008) 211 (9): 1463–1474.
Published: 1 May 2008
.... Little is known of the mechanical properties or of the mechanisms and performance consequences of specialization in these fibres. We combined morphological and physiological approaches to study specialization in the SMR and CMP fibres of the long-finned squid Doryteuthis pealeii . The mean thick filament...
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J Exp Biol (2007) 210 (4): 628–641.
Published: 15 February 2007
... rabbits were raised on diets of different mechanical properties so as to develop an experimental model of joint function in a normal range of physiological loads. These integrative experiments are used to unravel the dynamic inter-relationships among mechanical loading, tissue adaptive plasticity, norms...
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J Exp Biol (2006) 209 (2): 320–326.
Published: 15 January 2006
...., Gutiérrez, S. and Pérez-Rigueiro, J. ( 2005 ). Reproducibility of the tensile properties of spider ( Argiope trifasciata ) silk obtained by forced silking. J. Exp. Zool. A 303 , 37 -44. Iizuka, E. ( 1985 ). Silk thread: mechanisms of spinning and its mechanical properties. J. Appl. Polym. Sci...
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J Exp Biol (2002) 205 (2): 159–165.
Published: 15 January 2002
...I. C. Wilkie SUMMARY The mutable collagenous tissue (MCT) of echinoderms has the capacity to change its mechanical properties in a time scale of less than 1 s to a few minutes under the influence of the nervous system. Although accumulating evidence indicates that the mechanical adaptability of MCT...
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J Exp Biol (1999) 202 (23): 3263–3268.
Published: 1 December 1999
... on growth and microtubule orientation in maize coleoptiles – a physiological approach . Plant Physiol. 115 , 511 – 518 . 10.1104/pp.115.2.511 Hepworth , D. G. and Vincent , J. F. V. ( 1998 ). Modelling the mechanical properties of xylem tissue from tobacco plants ( Nicotiana...