移動研究のための泥の強度の制御・変化・特性評価の重要性と方法
Importance and methods to control, vary, and characterize mud strength for studying locomotion
動物やロボットが遭遇する泥の降伏強度を制御・測定する方法を開発し、乾燥砂との違いを明らかにした。
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著者: Divya Ramesh, Gargi Sadalgekar, Qiyuan Fu, Zachary Souders, Jack Rao, Chen Li
分類: physics.bio-ph, cond-mat.soft, cs.RO, eess.SY, q-bio.OT
原文アブストラクト
Animals and robots encounter mud at the water-land interface. Like sand, mud can stay solid or flow like a fluid. Unlike sand, the yield strength of mud at which solid-fluid transitions occur depends on not only the amount of solid relative to fluid (water in mud, air in dry sand), but also how much coarse grains and fine clay are within the solid. Despite understanding of locomotion on/within dry sand dominated by coarse grains with repulsive normal forces and friction, little is known for mud dominated by fine clay with strong cohesion. Here, we developed methods to prepare uniform mud of controlled, variable yield strength and characterize and track its drift from water evaporation. Compared to other flowable substrates, mud strength measured by upward force during penetration is weaker and can vary more, and mud sticks more during extraction to pull downward, making it more challenging for locomotion.