Crawling underneath a free surface

ORAL

Abstract

The ability of land snails to traverse extreme terrains has been investigated theoretically and experimentally in recent years. However, little is known about how water snails travel inverted underneath a free surface. Based on our experimental observations, we present a lubrication model of water snail locomotion.

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Authors

  • Sungyon Lee

  • Anette Hosoi

    MIT, Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John W.M. Bush

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics, MIT

  • Eric Lauga

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT