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Reynolds, A. M. 2019. On the origin of the tensile strength of insect swarms. Physical Biology. 16 (4), p. 046002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/ab12b9
Authors | Reynolds, A. M. |
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Abstract | Traditionally animal groups have been characterized by the macroscopic patterns that they form. It is now recognised that such patterns convey limited information about the nature of the aggregation as a whole. Aggregate properties cannot be determined by passive observations alone; instead one must interact with them. One of the first such dynamical tests revealed that swarms of flying insects have macroscopic mechanical properties similar to solids, including a finite Young’s modulus and yield strength. Here I show, somewhat counterintuitively, that the emergence of these solid-like properties can be attributed to centre-of-mass movements (heat). This suggests that perturbations can drive phase transitions. |
Keywords | Insect flight behaviours; Modelling |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Journal | Physical Biology |
Journal citation | 16 (4), p. 046002 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/ab12b9 |
PubMed ID | 30901760 |
Web address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1478-3975/ab12b9 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
Funder project or code | BBSRC Strategic Programme in Smart Crop Protection |
Publisher's version | Copyright license CC BY |
Accepted author manuscript | Copyright license CC BY |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 22 Mar 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 22 Mar 2019 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing Ltd |
ISSN | 1478-3967 |
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