Mechanical characteristics of typical plant leaves

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-300

  Wang, Shujie ^a   Ren, Luquan ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Han, Zhiwu ^a   Yang, Yue ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bionics; Hardness; Plant leaf; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE MATERIALS; HARDNESS TEST; LEAF SURFACES; MATERIAL COMPONENTS; MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE; MAXIMUM ULTIMATE STRENGTH; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL MODEL; NANOINDENTERS; NATURAL COMPOSITES; PARALLEL MICROSTRUCTURE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LEAVES; PUBESCENS; SURFACE HARDNESS; TENSION TESTS; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; HARDNESS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

HARDNESS;

EID: 78649382264     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(10)60253-3     Document Type: Article

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