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Veins Improve Fracture Toughness of Insect Wings

During the lifetime of a flying insect, its wings are subjected to mechanical forces and deformations for millions of cycles. Defects in the micrometre thin membranes or veins may reduce the insect’s flight performance. How do insects prevent crack related material failure in their wings and what ro...

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Main Authors: Dirks, Jan-Henning, Taylor, David
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3425546/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22927966
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043411
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