Materials design principles of ancient fisharmour

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 748-756

  Bruet, Benjamin J F ^a   Song, Juha ^a   Boyce, Mary C ^a   Ortiz, Christine ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SURFACE DEFECTS;

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PROPERTY; EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN; FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS; MINERALIZED TISSUE; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; REINFORCING COMPOSITES;

ARMOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELASTICITY; FISH; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELASTICITY; FISHES; HARDNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 50049099847     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2231     Document Type: Article

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