%0 Journal Article
%T The Snake Rectilinear Motion Modeling on the Flat Inclined Surface
%J International Journal of Mechanics and Applications
%@ 2165-9303
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.mechanics.20120204.01
%X The paper deals with N-mass system imitating snake rectilinear motion. At first the snake rectilinear motion is described from the view of biology. For engineering analyse the snake body have to be replaced with many same segments which we will call masses. The whole snake motion is based on friction forces between snake body and surface on which the snake locomotes. Because of this the different kind of friction models are discussed. In the next section rectilinear motion is modelled with Coulomb friction model and the conditions of motion are described. After determination of propulsive and external forces the one motion phase time is determined. From this we can establish average velocity equation for N-mass moving system. At last the optimal number of masses N is determined and the average velocity dependence on number of masses N for different angles of surface incline in the graph is shown.
%K Friction
%K Locomotion
%K N-Mass System
%K Rectilinear
%K Snake
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