Nature's swell, but is it worth copying?

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Vogel, Steven ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELASTIC MODULI; NATURAL FIBERS; STEEL; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORSIONAL STRESS; TOUGHNESS;

EXTENSIBILITY; FLEXURAL STIFFNESS; INTERFIBER SHEAR RESISTANCE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVE; TORSIONAL STIFFNESS; WORK OF EXTENSION;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0038610955     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2003.111     Document Type: Article

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