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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |