FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads.
African ostrich (Struthio camelus) is the largest and fastest extent bipedal animal. The ostrich mainly relies on the 3rd toe to support the entire body under high-speed motion. The short and severe impact concentrated on the limited area would produce tremendous momentary internal stress and strain...
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| author | Rui Zhang Lei Ling Dianlei Han Haitao Wang Guolong Yu Lei Jiang Dong Li Zhiyong Chang |
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| description | African ostrich (Struthio camelus) is the largest and fastest extent bipedal animal. The ostrich mainly relies on the 3rd toe to support the entire body under high-speed motion. The short and severe impact concentrated on the limited area would produce tremendous momentary internal stress and strain, which may contribute to the phalanges disloaction, soft tissue damage and the like. The vibration and excessive negative acceleration caused by the ground reaction force also affect the stability of the touching process. Therefore, ostrich toe pads are required to have excellent cushion characteristics. However, current studies often explains the cushion properties by analyzing the macro-microscopic structure of the pad organism, and there is a paucity of research on its biomechanical behaviour. Consequently, from the perspective of multi-layer structure and biomaterial assembly, this study aims to explain the biomechanical characteristics of the ostrich toe pads by FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis. Based on results, we deem that the ostrich toe pad could absorb energy and reduce vibration effectively. Firstly, the multi-layer structure of the pads make the stress and strain decay from outside to inside. Secondly, the minimal response frequency of the pad is 164.22 Hz, making it effectively avoid resonance phenomenon. Finally, the composite material model has the best performance in decreasing the negative acceleration peak value, the impact force peak value and the maximal equivalent stress value at velocities of 0.669 m/s and 1.339 m/s. These results help to further understand the buffer mechanism of the ostrich toe pad, and also have important inter-species reference value for the pathogenesis of human foot soft tissue injury. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e6bf7ce7f6048b9bbfaad9574b324dd2022-12-21T18:28:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01145e021614110.1371/journal.pone.0216141FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads.Rui ZhangLei LingDianlei HanHaitao WangGuolong YuLei JiangDong LiZhiyong ChangAfrican ostrich (Struthio camelus) is the largest and fastest extent bipedal animal. The ostrich mainly relies on the 3rd toe to support the entire body under high-speed motion. The short and severe impact concentrated on the limited area would produce tremendous momentary internal stress and strain, which may contribute to the phalanges disloaction, soft tissue damage and the like. The vibration and excessive negative acceleration caused by the ground reaction force also affect the stability of the touching process. Therefore, ostrich toe pads are required to have excellent cushion characteristics. However, current studies often explains the cushion properties by analyzing the macro-microscopic structure of the pad organism, and there is a paucity of research on its biomechanical behaviour. Consequently, from the perspective of multi-layer structure and biomaterial assembly, this study aims to explain the biomechanical characteristics of the ostrich toe pads by FEM (Finite Element Method) analysis. Based on results, we deem that the ostrich toe pad could absorb energy and reduce vibration effectively. Firstly, the multi-layer structure of the pads make the stress and strain decay from outside to inside. Secondly, the minimal response frequency of the pad is 164.22 Hz, making it effectively avoid resonance phenomenon. Finally, the composite material model has the best performance in decreasing the negative acceleration peak value, the impact force peak value and the maximal equivalent stress value at velocities of 0.669 m/s and 1.339 m/s. These results help to further understand the buffer mechanism of the ostrich toe pad, and also have important inter-species reference value for the pathogenesis of human foot soft tissue injury.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216141 |
| spellingShingle | Rui Zhang Lei Ling Dianlei Han Haitao Wang Guolong Yu Lei Jiang Dong Li Zhiyong Chang FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads. PLoS ONE |
| title | FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads. |
| title_full | FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads. |
| title_fullStr | FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads. |
| title_full_unstemmed | FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads. |
| title_short | FEM analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich (Struthio camelus) toe pads. |
| title_sort | fem analysis in excellent cushion characteristic of ostrich struthio camelus toe pads |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216141 |
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