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Design and experiment of bio-inspired GER fluid damper

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91748116, 61873157, 61903242), Shanghai Rising-Star Program (Grant No. 17QA1401500), Foundation of the State Key Lab of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology (Grant Nos. DMETKF2016001, DMETKF2016012), Program of Young Eastern Scholar of Shanghai (Grant No. GD2016031), and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai (Grant Nos. 17ZR1410200, 17DZ1205000, 19YF1416200).

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Pu, H., Huang, Y., Sun, Y. et al. Design and experiment of bio-inspired GER fluid damper. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63, 170206 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2752-3

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