Architecture and composite structure of hornet cuticle (Insecta, Hymenoptera)

Composite Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-394

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Litinetsky, Luba ^a   Steinberg, David M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Cuticle architecture; Functionally graded materials; Hornets; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001562433     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-8223(99)00105-1     Document Type: Article

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