附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287).
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Friction and adhesion: fundamentals -- 1. Dealing with friction -- 2. Basic laws of friction -- 3. Area of contact between solids -- 4. Friction and adhesion -- 5. Mechanisms of adhesion -- 6. Surface texture, liquid films and adhesion -- 7. Interdependence of the adhesion, surface tension and viscosity of the liquid film -- 8. Glue -- 9. Surface irregularities and friction -- 10. Directionality of friction -- 11. Friction and material properties of contacting surfaces -- Chapter 2. Insect cuticle: structure and properties of the material -- 1. Functions of the cuticle -- 2. Cuticle design -- 3. Mechanical properties of the cuticle -- Chapter 3. Cuticular protuberances of insects -- 1. Diversity of cuticular protuberances and principles of their classification -- 2. Spines and horns -- 3. Bristles, chaetae, setae, and hairs -- 4. Unicellular processes (acanthae) -- 5. Subcellular processes (microtrichia) -- 6. Functions of cuticular protuberances -- Chapter 4. Principles of cuticular attachment in Arthropoda -- 1. Hook -- 2. Snap or lock-and-key principle -- 3. Clamp -- 4. Spacer -- 5. Sucker -- 6. Expansion anchor -- 7. Adhesive secretions -- Chapter 5. Frictional systems -- 1. Animal associations: parasitism, predation -- 2. Attachment during copulation -- 3. Attachment to the substratum -- 4. Interlocking of body parts -- Chapter 6. Dragonfly and damselfly head-arresting system -- 1. The large head needs additional stability -- 2. Skeleton-muscle organisation of the head-arresting system -- 3. Functional significance of the arrester -- 4. Head mobility and head stability: a comparison with other insects -- Chapter 7. Intersegmental frictional devices -- 1. Frictional surfaces within joins -- 2. Design of the insect unguitractor apparatus -- 3. Coxa-synchronising mechanism in cercopid cicada -- 4. Self-folding armoured membranes in Diptera -- 5. Coxo-trochanteral locking mechanism in flies -- Chapt
摘要:Throughout their evolution, living creatures have developed systems to attach themselves to a variety of substrate textures. As is the case in many technical systems, animals use friction and adhesion to generate an attachment force for overcoming drag. In recent decades, our knowledge of such systems has greatly increased. This volume summarizes more than 10 years of ultra structural and experimental studies on insect attachment systems and presents an up-to-date overview of this subject. Many examples are presented and the general rules of the interrelationship between the construction of attachment systems and the function are outlined showing the principles of morphology and ultra structure of such systems. The principles of design involved in the attachment systems described may inspire new ideas relating to the biomimetics of new surface-active materials. Audience: This volume provides an excellent introduction to biological attachment and will be of interest to biologist, zoologist, materials scientists and engineers.
