EFFECT OF HEAD SHAPE ON THE ADHESION CAPABILITY OF MUSHROOM-LIKE BIOLOGICAL ADHESIVE STRUCTURES

Theoretical studies have been extensively performed to reveal the mechanism of the biological adhesive structure with a flat head.However,most biological adhesive structures have a big head.Here we investigate the effect of the head shape on the adhesion capability of a mushroomlike adhesion structure based on a finite element model.We show that a mushroom-like head produces significant adhesion enhancement.We investigate also the effect of the elastic modulus of the adhesive structure on the adhesion.Our r...