Bioinspired engineering study of Plantae vascules for self-healing composite structures

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 921-931

  Trask, R S ^a   Bond, I P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Compression after impact; Polymer composite; Self repair; Vascular network

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LAMINATES; POLYMERS; REPAIR; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

A-CARBON; BIOINSPIRED ENGINEERING; COMPRESSION AFTER IMPACT; CONCEPTUAL STUDY; DAMAGE MORPHOLOGY; FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPACT DAMAGES; LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT DAMAGE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO CT; MINIMUM MASS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; PREMATURE FAILURES; RESIDUAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; RING-POROUS; SELF-HEALING; SELF-REPAIR; ULTRASONIC C-SCANNING; VASCULAR NETWORK; VASCULATURE;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECHOGRAPHY; POLYMER PRODUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WOOD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953159718     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0420     Document Type: Article

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