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Vinay Kenny1, Salil Bapat1, Pauline Smith2

  • 1Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratory (MMRL), School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.

概括

大自然为轻质结构提供了蓝图,这对于减少汽车和航空航天等行业的材料和能源使用至关重要. 这项研究分析了生物设计,以创建制造业中生物灵感轻量化工具箱.

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