Against the wind: A load-bearing, yet durable, kite inspired by insect wings
Durability and load-bearing are difficult to be combined in engineering systems. Hence, in majority of man-made structures, the two characteristics are typically mutually exclusive. Nature, however, has provided us with design strategies, through which many biological systems have overcome this conf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Materials & Design |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026412752030890X |