Insect Microfluidics: Hearing and Breathing While Tiny

dc.contributor.authorStaples, Anne E.en
dc.contributor.authorMikel-Stites, Maxwellen
dc.contributor.editorCorigliano, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-28T03:25:16Zen
dc.date.available2022-02-28T03:25:16Zen
dc.date.issued2021-08-27en
dc.date.updated2022-02-28T03:24:54Zen
dc.description.abstractInsects have evolved to handle fluids using strategies that vary significantly from those used by larger animals since, by virtue of their size, they interact with fluids in the microscale regime, where surface forces dominate. Here we discuss two examples from insect microfluidics: flow actuation in insect respiration, and the amplification of acoustic sound localization cues in a parasitoid fly. We review behavioral data and present the mathematical, computational, and microfluidic device models we have developed to represent idealized versions of these systems that retain the salient features. In both examples, the insects appear to make use of finely tuned structural and material properties in the organs that come into contact with the fluids in question. In the case of the fly, we show that a tympanal asymmetry of just 5% may lead to order-of-magnitude gains in its hearing abilities.en
dc.description.notesYes, full paper (Peer reviewed?)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 1154-1155en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.isbn978-83-65550-31-6en
dc.identifier.orcidStaples, Anne [0000-0003-4823-8184]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/108910en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIUTAMen
dc.relation.urihttps://iutam.org/publications/ictam-proceedings/ictam_2020/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleInsect Microfluidics: Hearing and Breathing While Tinyen
dc.title.serial25th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics – Book of Abstractsen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
pubs.finish-date2021-08-27en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineeringen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineering/Biomedical Engineering and Mechanicsen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineering/COE T&R Facultyen
pubs.start-date2021-08-22en

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