Coupled model analysis of the structure and nano-mechanical properties of dragonfly wings

To establish the quantitative model of the dragonfly wing the reconfiguration and nanoindentation technique were used. The mechanical properties of wings were measured by nanoindentre. Generally, the costa undertake is mainly pressure, and its mechanical properties should be the largest. However, in the nanoindentation test, the largest value of the reduced modulus (E(r)) and hardness (H) mainly appear in the radius, except the value at 0.7L (L is the wing length). The E(r) and H of the forewing were larger than that of the hindwing, except the value at 0.7L. The reversing engineering (3-D scanner) and AutoCAD were cooperated to reconfigure the dragonfly wing. Then the material parameters and skeleton transforms to a finite element analysis. The quantitative models were discussed in static range.