Measurements on mechanical parameters and studies on microstructure of elytra in beetles

Fuhe Cailiao Xuebao/Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-98

  Yang, Zhixian ^a   Wang, Weiying ^a   Yu, Qingqing ^a   Dai, Zhendong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling intensity; Elytra; Mechanical parameters; The concave convex structure; The hollow pole

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

BEETLES; CONCAVE CONVEX STRUCTURE; COUPLING INTENSITY; ELYTRA; HOLLOW POLE; LIGHT STRUCTURE DESIGNS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 34249301745     PISSN: 10003851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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