Study on the micro-structure of locust's pad and FEM analysis of its contact

Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-69

  Dai, Zhen Dong ^a,b   Gorb, Stanislav ^b,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b Institute for Developmental Biology   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arolia; Bionic; Finite element method; Locust; Pads

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRESS;

LOCUST; PADS; SMOOTH AROLIA;

BIONICS;

EID: 0038814235     PISSN: 10062467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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