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Building the space elevator: lessons from biological design

One of the biggest perceived challenges in building megastructures, such as the space elevator, is the unavailability of materials with sufficient tensile strength. The presumed necessity of very strong materials stems from a design paradigm which requires structures to operate at a small fraction o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Popescu, Dan M., Sun, Sean X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6228488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0086

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