Biography

Designs for life: the science of biomechanics. A tribute to Professor R. McNeill Alexander FRS
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3263a-3484.  

Journal Articles

JF Vincent

From cellulose to cell
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3263b-3268. [Summary] [PDF]  

H Spatz, L Kohler, and KJ Niklas

Mechanical behaviour of plant tissues: composite materials or structures?
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3269-3272. [Summary] [PDF]  

KJ Niklas and H Spatz

Methods for calculating factors of safety for plant stems
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3273-3280. [Summary] [PDF]  

AR Ennos

The aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of plants
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3281-3284. [Summary] [PDF]  

JD Currey

The design of mineralised hard tissues for their mechanical functions
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3285-3294. [Summary] [PDF]  

JM Gosline, PA Guerette, CS Ortlepp, and KN Savage

The mechanical design of spider silks: from fibroin sequence to mechanical function
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3295-3303. [Summary] [PDF]  

RE Shadwick

Mechanical design in arteries
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3305-3313. [Summary] [PDF]  

RF Ker

The design of soft collagenous load-bearing tissues
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3315-3324. [Summary] [PDF]  

RJ Full and DE Koditschek

Templates and anchors: neuromechanical hypotheses of legged locomotion on land
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3325-3332. [Summary] [PDF]  

RJ Wootton

Invertebrate paraxial locomotory appendages: design, deformation and control
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3333-3345. [Summary] [PDF]  

HC Bennet-Clark

Resonators in insect sound production: how insects produce loud pure-tone songs
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3347-3357. [Summary] [PDF]  

G Jones

Scaling of echolocation call parameters in bats
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3359-3367. [Summary] [PDF]  

RK Josephson

Dissecting muscle power output
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3369-3375. [Summary] [PDF]  

RL Marsh

How muscles deal with real-world loads: the influence of length trajectory on muscle performance
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3377-3385. [Summary] [PDF]  

AA Biewener and GB Gillis

Dynamics of muscle function during locomotion: accommodating variable conditions
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3387-3396. [Summary] [PDF]  

JD Altringham and DJ Ellerby

Fish swimming: patterns in muscle function
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3397-3403. [Summary] [PDF]  

JL Van Leeuwen

A mechanical analysis of myomere shape in fish
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3405-3414. [Summary] [PDF]  

TL Daniel and MS Tu

Animal movement, mechanical tuning and coupled systems
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3415-3421. [Summary] [PDF]  

JJ Videler, UK Muller, and EJ Stamhuis

Aquatic vertebrate locomotion: wakes from body waves
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3423-3430. [Summary] [PDF]  

TJ Pedley and SJ Hill

Large-amplitude undulatory fish swimming: fluid mechanics coupled to internal mechanics
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3431-3438. [Summary] [PDF]  

CP Ellington

The novel aerodynamics of insect flight: applications to micro-air vehicles
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3439-3448. [Summary] [PDF]  

JM Rayner

Estimating power curves of flying vertebrates
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3449-3461. [Summary] [PDF]  

M Denny

Are there mechanical limits to size in wave-swept organisms?
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3463-3467. [Summary] [PDF]  

MA Koehl

Ecological biomechanics of benthic organisms: life history, mechanical design and temporal patterns of mechanical stress
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3469-3476. [Summary] [PDF]  

JE Hokkanen

Visual simulations, artificial animals and virtual ecosystems
J Exp Biol 1999 202: 3477-3484. [Summary] [PDF]  

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