The relationship between dragonfly wing structure and torsional deformation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-45

  Sunada, Shigeru ^a,c   Zeng, Lijiang ^a,d   Kawachi, Keiji ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TORSION;

EID: 0032493460     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0678     Document Type: Article

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