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🦐 Mantis Shrimp Spring-Latch Club Strike: Cavitation Collapse and Hertz Impact Lab

Release the latched saddle spring in a mantis shrimp's striking arm and follow the physics: swing speed with water drag, the cavitation number and vapour cavity behind the club, a Rayleigh-Plesset collapse, and the Hertz contact force on an inanimate test tile. Six independent checks compare the numerical integration with closed-form results.

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Release the latched saddle spring in a mantis shrimp's striking arm and follow the physics: swing speed with water drag, the cavitation number and vapour cavity behind the club, a Rayleigh-Plesset collapse, and the Hertz contact force on an inanimate test tile. Six independent checks compare the numerical integration with closed-form results.

Mantis shrimpCavitationSpring-latchRayleigh-PlessetHertz contactBiomechanicsMarine biology

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