The structure and mechanical properties of dragonfly wings and their role on flyability

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 340, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 3-17

  Sun, Jiyu ^a,b   Bhushan, Bharat ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dragonfly wing; Flyability; Mechanical properties; Structure

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BIOMECHANICS; DRAGONFLY; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WING;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA;

EID: 84856216194     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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