Numerical study of the impact response of woodpecker's head
Woodpecker can beat trees 20-25 times per second and lasts for several seconds, with a 1200 g deceleration, but it appears that they never get brain concussion. How does the stress wave propagate from the beak tip to brain and how does a woodpecker protect itself from brain damage? In this paper, we...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2012-12-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4770305 |