Design of A Highly Sensitive, Low-cost Underwater Force Plate to Record Substrate Reaction Forces.

ABSTRACT: The study of underwater walking presents major challenges because the small forces applied during underwater walking are difficult to measure due to the lack of a sufficiently sensitive force plate that functions underwater. Understanding the force interaction between the underwater walker and the substrate may lead to better understanding of the evolution, ecology, and biomechanics of underwater walking. The shift from aquatic to terrestrial life was a crucial transition in animal evolution where, underwater walking preceded the invasion of land and combines mechanics from terrestrial locomotion (substrate reaction forces) and aquatic swimming (buoyancy and drag). In this work, we describe our design of a low-cost underwater force plate made using 3D printed multi axis load cells equipped

SUBMITTER: Gamel KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11193385 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature