Microstructure observation and mechanical behavior modeling for limnetic nacre

Acta Mechanica Sinica/Lixue Xuebao

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Zuo, Shuchun ^a   Wei, Yueguang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical property; Microstructure; Nacre; Shear lag model

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DUCTILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

LIMNETIC NACRE; LIMNETIC SHELLS; SHEAR LAG MODELS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 38549122234     PISSN: 05677718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10409-007-0125-y     Document Type: Article

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