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SUBMITTER: Dal Corso F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454295 | biostudies-other | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dal Corso F F Misseroni D D Pugno N M NM Movchan A B AB Movchan N V NV Bigoni D D
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20170501 130
A model for serpentine locomotion is derived from a novel perspective based on concepts from configurational mechanics. The motion is realized through the release of the elastic energy of a deformable rod, sliding inside a frictionless channel, which represents a snake moving against lateral restraints. A new formulation is presented, correcting previous results and including situations never analysed so far, as in the cases when the serpent's body lies only partially inside the restraining chan ...[more]