Denny's paradox
id:
denny-s-paradox-317-7125636
title:
Denny's paradox
text:
In biology, Denny's paradox refers to the apparent impossibility of surface-dwelling animals such as the water strider generating enough propulsive force to move. It is named after biologist Mark Denny, and relates to animal locomotion on the surface layer of water. If capillary waves are assumed to generate the momentum transfer to the water, the animal's legs must move faster than the phase speed c m of the waves, given by where g is the acceleration due to gravity, σ is the strength of surfac
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Question of animal locomotion on water
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny%27s_paradox
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-29T13:21:07Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q4344854","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4344854"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Gerris_lacustris_03.JPG","width":1024,"height":768}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15