Mechanical Scaling: Animals and Plants

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This lecture covers the concept of mechanical scaling in Micro and Nanosystems, exploring scaling laws in animals and plants. Topics include cantilevers, non-linearities in MEMS, thermo-mechanical noise, surface forces, friction, allometric scaling in animal bone diameter, scaling relationships in tree trunks, and the impact of size on jumping height in nature.

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