Lightweight composite structures in the forewings of beetles

Composite Structures

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-337

  Chen, Jinxiang ^a   Ni, Qing Qing ^b   Xu, Yinglian ^a   Iwamoto, Masaharu ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allomyrina dichotoma; Beetle forewing; Biomimetics composite structure; Peeling resistance; Prosopocoilus inclinatus; Sandwich plate; Trabecular structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CHITIN; LAMINATING; MODEL STRUCTURES; PEELING; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; BEETLE FOREWING; PROSOPOCOILUS INCLINATUS; TRABECULAR STRUCTURE;

LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CHITIN FIBER; COMPOSITE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; LAMINATE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 33847685774     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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