...Arion Pons In insect locomotion, the transmission of energy from muscles to motion is a process within which there are many sources of dissipation. One significant but understudied source is the structural damping within the insect exoskeleton itself: the thorax and limbs. Experimental evidence...

...: a decreasing second moment of area calculated from the measured taper and the diminishing wall (cuticle) thickness. Cricket antennae recovered from a single localized perturbation quickly and with minimal to no oscillation, suggesting behavior close to critical damping (fastest return without oscillations...

... AEP Damping Sensation control The negative impact of loud anthropogenic sounds on whales and dolphins has been demonstrated in a variety of disturbances of their mode of life. In particular, these sounds have been associated with the stranding of whales and dolphins (Evans and England, 2001...

... frequency regardless of the kinematics of wing motion. We estimated the damping coefficients for the principal rotation axes — roll, pitch, yaw — in the stroke plane frame. FCT-induced passive damping exists about all the rotation axes examined, suggesting that the effects of body rotation cannot be ignored...

...John H. Long, Jr; Magdalena Koob-Emunds; Benjamin Sinwell; Thomas J. Koob SUMMARY To determine the possible locomotor functions of the hagfish notochord, we measured its flexural stiffness EI (N m -2) and flexural damping C (kg m 3 s -1), under in vitro conditions that mimicked the body curvature...

... dynamic bending tests on intervertebral segments from the lumbo-caudal joint and the joint between caudal vertebrae 7 and 8. Dynamic bending stiffness (N m rad −1) increases with increasing bending amplitude and is independent of bending frequency. Damping coefficient (kg m 2 rad −2 s −1) decreases...

...John H. Long, JR ABSTRACT The stiffness and damping moments that are transmitted by intervertebral joints during sinusoidal bending were determined in the blue marlin, Makaira nigricans Lacépède. Using a dynamic bending machine, the angular stiffness (N m rad −1) and damping coefficient (kgm 2 rad...