Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail
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Resumo: | Funding Information: We thank Ing. L. Maistrelli for discussing this study. The comments provided by the Editor Jingmai O’Connor, the reviewer Victoria Arbour and two anonymous reviewer greatly refined the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s). |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tailGeneralFunding Information: We thank Ing. L. Maistrelli for discussing this study. The comments provided by the Editor Jingmai O’Connor, the reviewer Victoria Arbour and two anonymous reviewer greatly refined the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).Sauropod dinosaurs are well known for their massive sizes and long necks and tails. Among sauropods, flagellicaudatan dinosaurs are characterized by extreme tail elongation, which has led to hypotheses regarding tail function, often compared to a whip. Here, we analyse the dynamics of motion of a 3D model of an apatosaurine flagellicaudatan tail using multibody simulation and quantify the stress-bearing capabilities of the associated soft tissues. Such an elongated and slender structure would allow achieving tip velocities in the order of 30 m/s, or 100 km/h, far slower than the speed of sound, due to the combined effect of friction of the musculature and articulations, as well as aerodynamic drag. The material properties of the skin, tendons, and ligaments also support such evidence, proving that in life, the tail would not have withstood the stresses imposed by travelling at the speed of sound, irrespective of the conjectural ‘popper’, a hypothetical soft tissue structure analogue to the terminal portion of a bullwhip able to surpass the speed of sound.DCT - Departamento de Ciências da TerraGeoBioTec - Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e GeotecnologiasRUNConti, SimoneTschopp, EmanuelMateus, OctávioZanoni, AndreaMasarati, PierangeloSala, Giuseppe2023-03-13T22:26:43Z2022-122022-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article9application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/150484eng2045-2322PURE: 55548292https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21633-2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:32:27Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/150484Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:54:08.561252Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail Conti, Simone General |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Multibody analysis and soft tissue strength refute supersonic dinosaur tail |
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Conti, Simone |
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Conti, Simone Tschopp, Emanuel Mateus, Octávio Zanoni, Andrea Masarati, Pierangelo Sala, Giuseppe |
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Tschopp, Emanuel Mateus, Octávio Zanoni, Andrea Masarati, Pierangelo Sala, Giuseppe |
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DCT - Departamento de Ciências da Terra GeoBioTec - Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias RUN |
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Conti, Simone Tschopp, Emanuel Mateus, Octávio Zanoni, Andrea Masarati, Pierangelo Sala, Giuseppe |
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Funding Information: We thank Ing. L. Maistrelli for discussing this study. The comments provided by the Editor Jingmai O’Connor, the reviewer Victoria Arbour and two anonymous reviewer greatly refined the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s). |
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2022-12 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z 2023-03-13T22:26:43Z |
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2045-2322 PURE: 55548292 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21633-2 |
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