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Flexural stiffness patterns of butterfly wings (Papilionoidea)

  • Steppan S
The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera (2000) 35 61-77
DOI: 10.5962/p.266572
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Abstract. A flying insect generates aerodynamic forces through the active manipulation of the wing and the “passive” properties of deformability and wing shape. To investigate these “passive” properties, the flexural stiffness of dried forewings belonging to 10 butterfly ...

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Steppan, S. J. (2000). Flexural stiffness patterns of butterfly wings (Papilionoidea). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 35, 61–77. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.266572

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