Concept design of strain sensors inspired by campaniform sensilla (2009)
Menon, C., Brodie, R, Clift, Sally, Vincent, J. F. V.
This paper presents a bio-inspired approach for the future design of strain sensors to be embedded in space structures. Campaniform sensilla are natural strain sensors and are used by insects for...
Fracture properties of potato crisps (2008)
Rojo, F. J., Vincent, J. F. V.
The Weibull modulus of potato crisps is about 4, comparable with ceramic materials, with a characteristic strength of about 1.5 MPa. This combination of brittleness and weakness gives crispness. The...
Vincent, J. F. V., Sahinkaya, M. N., O'Shea, W.
Woodpecker can be modelled as a low-inertia hammer. It uses the angular momentum of its body, generated by contraction of its leg muscles, to accelerate its head towards the tree, which it is...
Planetary micro-penetrator concept study with biomimetric drill and sampler design (2007)
Gao, Y., Ellery, A., Jaddou, M., Vincent, J. F. V., Eckersley, S.
Due to ultraviolet flux to the surface layers of most solar system bodies, future astrobiological research is increasingly seeking to conduct subsurface penetration, drilling and sampling to detect...
Technology trajectories, innovation, and the growth of biomimetics (2007)
Bonser, R. H. C., Vincent, J. F. V.
Publication rate of patents can be a useful measure of innovation and productivity in science and technology. Patenting activity in new technological fields follows a sigmoid (S-shaped) path....
Jumping robots - a biomimetic solution to locomotion across rough terrain (2007)
Armour, R., Paskins, K. E., Bowyer, A., Vincent, J. F. V., Megill, W. M.
This paper introduces jumping robots as a means to traverse rough terrain; such terrain can pose problems for traditional wheeled, tracked and legged designs. The diversity of jumping mechanisms...
Biomimetics: its practice and theory (2006)
Vincent, J. F. V., Bogatyreva, O. A., Bogatyrev, N. R., Bowyer, A., Pahl, Anja Karina
Biomimetics, a name coined by Otto Schmitt in the 1950s for the transfer of ideas and analogues from biology to technology, has produced some significant and successful devices and concepts in the...
Plant biomechanics: An overview and prospectus (2006)
Niklas, K. J., Spatz, H. C., Vincent, J. F. V.
We provide a brief overview of the articles appearing in this special issue and place them in the context of the long history of the study of plant biomechanics and what we judge to be the next major...
Bio-inspired micro-drills for future planetary exploration (2006)
Menon, C, Vincent, J. F. V., Lan, N., Bilhaut, L., Ellery, A., Gao, Y., ...
The function of parapodial setae in a nereidid polychaete moving on two different substrata (2006)
Hesselberg, T, Vincent, J. F. V.
Active polychaetes of the family Nereididae possess a large number of compound setae originating in seta-bundles at the distal end of the parapodium. Here we investigate the functional role of the...
Rolling in Nature and Robotics: A Review (2006)
Armour, Rhodri, Vincent, J. F. V.
This paper presents a review of recent rolling robots including Rollo from Helsinki University of Technology. Spherical Mobile Robot from the Politecnico of Bari, Sphericle from the University of...
Putting Biology into TRIZ: A Database of Biological Effects (2005)
Vincent, J. F. V., Bogatyreva, O, Pahl, Anja Karina, Bogatyrev, N, Bowyer, A
Our goal is to make biological information available for engineers via a 'biological patents' database in TRIZ. However, biological functions need to be co-ordinated simultaneously at many levels of...
Yamauchi, T., Tansuriyavong, S., Doi, K., Oshima, K., Shimomura, A., Tsubokawa, N., ...
In the present work we report on preparation of composite materials of polypyrrole and electroactive polymer gel using for the actuating system. Composite materials of conducting polymer and polymer...
Wicaksono, D. H. B., Vincent, J. F. V., Pandraud, G., Craciun, G., French, P. J.
This paper describes the fabrication, and early optical characterization results of a new biomimetic strain-sensing microstructure. The microstructures were inspired from the campaniform sensillum, a...
Deconstructing the design of a biological material (2005)
By identifying the functional conflicts in its design, the cuticle of arthropods can be shown to cope with IR and UV irradiation in the same manner as our technology-by controlling spectral...
A novel penetration system for in situ astrobiological studies (2005)
Gao, Y, Ellery, A, Jaddou, M, Vincent, J. F. V., Eckersley, S
Designs for an adaptive tuned vibration absorber with variable shape stiffness element (2005)
Bonello, P., Brennan, M. J., Elliott, S. J., Vincent, J. F. V., Jeronimidis, G.
An adaptive tuned vibration absorber (ATVA) with a smart variable stiffness element is capable of retuning itself in response to a time-varying excitation frequency., enabling effective vibration...
Improving Innovation using TRIZ (2004)
Frobisher, P, Dekoninck, E. A., Mileham, A. R., Vincent, J. F. V.
Design and mechanical properties of insect cuticle (2004)
Vincent, J. F. V., Wegst, U. G. K.
Since nearly all adult insects fly, the cuticle has to provide a very efficient and lightweight skeleton. Information is available about the mechanical properties of cuticle-Young's modulus of...
The "Click" mechanism in dipteran flight: if it exists then what effect does it have? (2003)
Brennan, M.J., Elliott, S.J., Bonello, P., Vincent, J.F.V.
This paper is concerned with the flight mechanism of diptera. For many years it was thought that the flight mechanism incorporated a "click". In recent years, however, doubt has been cast as to...
Biomimetics is seen as a path from biology to engineering. The only path from engineering to biology in current use is the application of engineering concepts and models to biological systems....
The "click" mechanism in dipteran flight: if it exists, then what effect does it have? (2003)
Brennan, M. J., Elliott, S. J., Bonello, P., Vincent, J. F. V.
This paper is concerned with the flight mechanism of diptera. For many years it wits thought that the flight mechanism incorporated a "click". In recent years, however, doubt has been cast as to...
A novel strain sensor based on the campaniform sensillum of insects. (2002)
Skordos, Alexandros A., Chan, P. H., Vincent, J. F. V., Jeronimidis, G.
The functional design of the campaniform sensillum was modelled as a hole in a plate using twoand three-dimensional finite-element modelling. Different shapes of opening in a fibrous composite plate...
Vincent, J. F. V., Saunders, D. E. J., Beyts, P.
A simple test from materials science, in which a notched beam is bent so that the notch increases in length due to the propagation of a crack, allows determination of a parameter called the Critical...
Systematic technology transfer from biology to engineering (2002)
Vincent, J. F. V., Mann, D. L.
Solutions to problems move only very slowly between different disciplines. Transfer can be greatly speeded up with suitable abstraction and classification of problems. Russian researchers working on...
The effect of flexible substrates on pressure-sensitive adhesive performance (2002)
Steven-Fountain, A. J., Atkins, A. G., Jeronimidis, G., Vincent, J. F. V., Farrar, D. F., Chivers, R. A.
The adhesive fracture energy (fracture toughness) of tapes during globally elastic unpeeling is often calculated from the relation "G = P/b(1 - cos theta)". We show that while this expression is...
Hepworth, D. G., Vincent, J. F. V., Stringer, G., Jeronimidis, G.
A clear relationship has been established between the impact resistance and density of softwoods. However, there are hardwood species that have the same density but very different impact resistance....
Dobraszczyk, B. J., Whitworth, M. B., Vincent, J. F. V., Khan, A. A.
The fracture properties of small, cylindrical samples of endosperm machined from single kernels of several varieties of wheat were measured using three methods: compression, wedge fracture and...
HEPWORTH, D. G., VINCENT, J. F. V.
Genetically modified tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum‘Samsun’) with antisense cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase DNA, produce secondary xylem of a reduced tensile stiffness. These plants were grown...
HEPWORTH, D. G., VINCENT, J. F. V., SCHUCH, W.
Lignin in the cell walls of woody tissue has a much lower crosslink density in tobacco wood than in tree wood. This causes tobacco wood to show very different viscoelastic behaviour. With the aid of...
The Mechanical Properties of Xylem Tissue from Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana tabacum'Samsun') (1998)
HEPWORTH, D. G., VINCENT, J. F. V.
Tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum‘Samsun’) have been grown with an antisense CAD (cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase) gene. This modifies lignin production, resulting in lignin with a greater...
HEPWORTH, D. G., VINCENT, J. F. V.
Tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum‘Samsun’) have xylem cell walls which are more sensitive to changes in the properties of the matrix than was predicted using current cell wall mechanical models....
Feeding and the Texture of Food (1991)
Vincent, J.F.V. (Julian F.V.) (ed.), Lillford, P. (ed.)
Contenido de las ponencias: 1. Características mecánicas y de fractura de materiales celulares y fibrosos por G. Jeronimides. 2. Textura de plantas y de frutas por J.F.V. Vincent. 3. Medida de la...
Feeding and the Texture of Food (1991)
Vincent, J.F.V. (Julian F.V.) (ed.), Lillford, P. (ed.)
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The geometry of unfolding tree leaves
Kobayashi, H., Kresling, B., Vincent, J. F. V.
Leaves of hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and beech (Fagus sylvaticus) were modelled to a first approximation as plane surfaces, with straight parallel folds, using numerical methods. In both species the...