著者

尾田 十八 坂本 二郎 坂野 憲一

出版者

一般社団法人日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学会論文集. A編 = Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. A (ISSN:03875008)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.71, no.701, pp.89-94, 2005-01-25

参考文献数

6

被引用文献数

2

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A woodpecker strikes its beak toward a tree repeatedly. But, the damage of brain or the brain concussion doesn't occur by this action. Human cannot strike strongly the head without the damage of a brain. Therefore, It is predicted that the brain of a woodpecker is protected from the shock by some methods and that the woodpecker has the original mechanism to absorb a shock. In this study, the endoskeltal structure, especially head part structure of woodpecker is dissected and the impact-proof system is analyzed by FEM and model experiment. From the results, it is obvious that the woodpecker has the original impact-proof system as the unique states of hyoid bone, skull, tissue and brain. Moreover it is considered that woodpecker has the advanced impact-proof system relating with not only the head part but also with the whole body.