Study of the Geometry and Folding Pattern of Leaves of Mimosa pudica

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-23

  Patil, H S ^a   Vaijapurkar, Siddharth ^a  

^a SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

biomimetics; bionics; folding geometry; leaves; Mimosa pudica

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIONICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION;

FOLDING GEOMETRY; MIMOSA PUDICA; SIMULATION MODELS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOLDING; LEAVES; PLANTS; SIMULATION;

EID: 34147150167     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(07)60008-0     Document Type: Article

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