| Project/Area Number |
22F21772
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 外国 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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| Host Researcher |
ECONOMO Evan 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生物多様性・複雑性研究ユニット, 教授 (30648978)
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| Foreign Research Fellow |
GIBSON JOSHUA 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 生物多様性・複雑性研究ユニット, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-22 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
The goal of this research is to investigate the influence of latch morphology and orientation on the structural integrity of biological spring and latch mechanisms using the hyperdiverse trap-jaw ant genus Strumigenys as a model. Using a pre-existing MicroCT dataset of the jaw and latch morphologies of Strumigenys ants I will use finite element analysis to simulate loads on latched jaws at various angles to test for tradeoffs between jaw gape and the structural performance of the jaws and latching mechanism.
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