TY  - CONF
A1  - Bennemann, Michael
A1  - Backhaus, Stefan
A1  - Scholz, Ingo
A1  - Park, Daesung
A1  - Mayer, Joachim
A1  - Baumgartner, Werner
T1  - Determination of the Young´s modulus of the epicuticle of the smooth adhesive organs of Carausius morosus using tensile testing
T2  - Konferenz: "Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)", 30. Juni - 1. Juli 2015 in Prag
N2  - Adhesive organs like arolia of insects allow these animals to climb on different substrates by creating high adhesion forces. According to the Dahlquist criterion, arolia must be very soft exhibiting an effective Young's modulus of below 100 kPa to adhere well to different substrates. In previous studies the effective Young´s moduli of adhesive organs were determined using indentation tests yielding their structure to be very soft indeed. However, arolia show a layered structure, thus the values measured by indentation tests comprise the effective Young´s moduli of the whole organs. In this study, a new approach is illustrated to measure the Young´s modulus of the outermost layer of the arolium, i.e. of the epicuticle, of the stick insect Carausius morosus by tensile testing. Due to the inner fibrous structure of the arolium tensile tests allow the characterisation of the overlying epicuticle.
KW  - adhesion
KW  - stick insects
KW  - Young´s modulus
KW  - Gespenstschrecken
KW  - Haftorgan
KW  - Elastizitätsmodul
KW  - Bionik
Y1  - 2015
UR  - https://whge.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/700
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1010-opus4-7000
ER  -