Morphology and mechanical properties of Cybister elytra

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 771-776

  Yang, Zhi Xian ^a   Dai, Zhen Dong ^a   Guo, Ce ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Elytra; Light weight structure; Mechanical properties; Morphology; Tensile test

Indexed keywords

CYBISTER;

EID: 77949303729     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0363-4     Document Type: Article

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