Cross sectional structure and its optimality of the fore-wing of beetles

Zairyo/Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-412

  Chen, Jinxiang ^a   Iwamoto, Masaharu ^a   Ni, Qing Qing ^a   Kurashiki, Ken ^a   Saito, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beetle; Composite structure; Fore wing; Microstructure; Optimum

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042543304     PISSN: 05145163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2472/jsms.49.407     Document Type: Article

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