Publications
2022. A.R. Cuff, O. E. Demuth, K. Michel, A. Otero, R. Pintore, D. T. Polet, A. L. A. Wiseman, J. R. Hutchinson. Walking– and running and jumping– with dinosaurs and their cousins, viewed through the lens of evolutionary biomechanics. Integrative and Comparative Biology: icac049 doi:10.1093/icb/icac049 (Free Access)
2022. Polet DT, Bertram JEA. Competing models of work in quadrupedal walking: center of mass work is insufficient to explain stereotypical gait. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10: 826336 doi:10.3389/fbioe.2022.826336
2022. Polet DT, Hutchinson JR. Estimating gaits of an ancient crocodile-line archosaur through trajectory optimization, with comparison to fossil tracways. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 9: 800311 doi:10.3389/fbioe.2021.800311
2021. Polet DT. The Murphy number: how pitch moment of inertia dictates quadrupedal walking and running energetics. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb228296 doi:10.1242/jeb.228296
2019. Polet DT, Bertram JEA. An inelastic quadrupedal model discovers four-beat walking, two-beat running, and pseudo-elastic actuation as energetically optimal. PLOS Computational Biology 15(11): e1007444 doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007444
2018. Polet DT, Schroeder RT, Bertram JEA. Reducing gravity takes the bounce out of running. Journal of Experimental Biology 221(3):jeb162024 doi:10.1242/jeb.162024.
2015. Polet DT, Rival DE. Rapid area change in pitch-up manoeuvres of small perching birds. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 20(6):066004 doi:10.1088/1748-3190/10/6/066004.
2015. Polet DT, Flynn MR, Sperling FAH. A mathematical model to capture complex microstructure orientation on insect wings. PLOS ONE 10(10):e0138282 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138282
2015. Polet DT, Rival DE, Weymouth GD. Unsteady dynamics of rapid perching manoeuvres. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 767:323-341 doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.61
2013. Sutherland BR, Polet D, Campbell M. Gravity currents shoaling on a slope. Physics of Fluids 25(8): 086604 doi:10.1063/1.4818440