Biomimetic observation
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It doesn’t cancel the load. It redirects it, off the centre and out across the rest of the surface.
OriginBiomimetic observation
AnchorAfrican elephant fibro-adipose foot pad
Claimable attributepressure redistribution
In: GOLIATH
The primary source
- The structure of the cushions in the feet of African elephants doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00648.x
- Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants doi:10.1098/rsos.160203
What we will not say about it
That pressure never concentrates. It does — it is measured in the elephant too, at the tips of the lateral toes.