Pressure-actuated cellular structures

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pagitz, M ^a   Lamacchia, E ^b   Hol, M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84857621183     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016007     Document Type: Article

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