Danny Austick

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How to interpret mechanical advantage in locomotion?

I have been calculating mechanical advantage of knees and ankles in extinct taxa in regards to locomotory efficiency. I understand that MA is effort/load and in terms of my studies means that MA...

24 May 2016 4,225 6 View

How to scale a pterosaur hindlimb?

I'm currently in the process of creating a model pterosaur limb based off a fossil, but to a larger scale. I wish to create the model 4 times as large as the fossil and am unsure as to whether I...

15 February 2016 9,590 3 View

How do you determine whether a dinosaur footprint is left or right from an individual print?

I am currently working on Bathonian aged dinosaur footprints form the Long Nab Member of Scarborough, Yorkshire. As part of my study I am looking into the local museum collections isolated...

27 November 2014 8,707 4 View

How to use Thulborn & Wade, 1984 dinosaur speed equation (V=[gh(SL/1.8h)^2.56]^0.5)?

I am confused as to how to interpret and use this equation. Is the bracketed equation (SL/1.8)h or SL/(1.8h)? I have used the units 1.36 for h and 2.53 for SL and have results of:8.371m/s Does...

18 November 2014 624 2 View

How can one use the gravitational constant in equations for dinosaur speeds?

I'm trying to estimate the speeds of dinosaur footprints using Alexander's 1976 formula (speed (m/s) = 0.25 x gravitational constant0.5 x Stride length1.67 x hip height-1.17 I'm using Microsoft...

21 October 2014 7,162 4 View

How can I determine dinosaur speeds?

Hi, I'm currently using Alexander's 1976 formulae to determine dinosaur speeds from trackways. The trackway I have in question is 11 tracks long. To determine the speed, do I use the formula on...

21 October 2014 1,788 4 View