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Light Like a Feather: A Fibrous Natural Composite with a Shape Changing from Round to Square

Only seldom are square/rectangular shapes found in nature. One notable exception is the bird feather rachis, which raises the question: why is the proximal base round but the distal end square? Herein, it is uncovered that, given the same area, square cross sections show higher bending rigidity and...

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Autores principales: Wang, Bin, Meyers, Marc André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201600360