Armadillo armor: Mechanical testing and micro-structural evaluation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 713-722

  Chen, Irene H ^a   Kiang, James H ^b   Correa, Victor ^b   Lopez, Maria I ^a   Chen, Po Yu ^a   McKittrick, Joanna ^a,b   Meyers, Marc A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillo carapace; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Osteoderm

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO CARAPACE; BIMODAL SIZE; KERATIN LAYERS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; OSTEODERM; PUNCH TESTS; TENSILE FAILURES;

ARMOR; FIBERS; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

TENSILE STRENGTH;

COLLAGEN FIBER; KERATIN;

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRETCHING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79955714684     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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