Storage of elastic strain energy in muscle and other tissues

Alexander, R. McN.; Bennet-Clark, H. C.

Affiliations

¹Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

²Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK

³Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Abstract

Storage of strain energy in elastic materials has important roles in mammal running, insect jumping and insect flight. The elastic materials involved include muscle in every case, but only in insect flight is the proportion of the energy stored in the muscle substantial.

Links

DOI: 10.1038/265114a0

PubMed: 834252

WoS: A1977CR79200018

History

Received: 1976-07-20

Accepted: 1976-11-23

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