Wax Protrusions on Anti-Adhesive Plant Surfaces and Their Interactions with Insect Adhesive Pads: A Mechanical Interpretation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Plant Waxes, Their Properties, and Fracture Behavior
2.1. Structure of Plant Waxes
2.2. Mechanical Properties of Plant Waxes
2.3. Deformation and Fracture of Plant Wax Structures
2.3.1. Euler Buckling of Wax Projections
2.3.2. Elastoplastic Buckling of Wax Columns
2.3.3. Bending of Wax Beams: Elastoplastic Bending
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Temperature | E (×106 Pa) | ||
---|---|---|---|
1806.5 | 10.94 | 18.775 | |
772.2 | 5.72 | 9.03 |
Plant Species | Aquilegia vulgaris | Berberis vulgaris | Chelidonium majus | Prunus domestica | Aristolochia fimbriata |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
580 | 730 | 830 | 580 | 6310 | |
170 | 160 | 180 | 260 | 92 | |
8.18 | 10.94 | 11.06 | 5.35 | 164.6 |
Plant Species | Aquilegia vulgaris | Berberis vulgaris | Chelidonium majus | Prunus domestica | Aristolochia fimbriata |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
170 | 160 | 180 | 260 | 92 | |
28.7 | 23.9 | 34.0 | 102.5 | 4.5 | |
43 | 39 | 51 | 154 | 6.8 |
Plant Species | Aquilegia vulgaris | Berberis vulgaris | Chelidonium majus | Prunus domestica | Aristolochia fimbriata |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
580 | 730 | 830 | 580 | 6310 | |
91 | 115 | 131 | 91 | 994 |
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Borodich, F.M.; Gao, Z.; Gorb, E.V.; Gorb, S.N.; Jin, X. Wax Protrusions on Anti-Adhesive Plant Surfaces and Their Interactions with Insect Adhesive Pads: A Mechanical Interpretation. Biomimetics 2024, 9, 442. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9070442
Borodich FM, Gao Z, Gorb EV, Gorb SN, Jin X. Wax Protrusions on Anti-Adhesive Plant Surfaces and Their Interactions with Insect Adhesive Pads: A Mechanical Interpretation. Biomimetics. 2024; 9(7):442. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9070442
Chicago/Turabian StyleBorodich, Feodor M., Zaida Gao, Elena V. Gorb, Stanislav N. Gorb, and Xiaoqing Jin. 2024. "Wax Protrusions on Anti-Adhesive Plant Surfaces and Their Interactions with Insect Adhesive Pads: A Mechanical Interpretation" Biomimetics 9, no. 7: 442. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9070442