Bending efficiency through property gradients in bamboo, palm, and wood-based composites

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 744-755

  Wegst, Ulrike G K ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Hierarchical structure; Structural optimization

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; A-DENSITY; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BENDING EFFICIENCY; CELLULAR MATERIAL; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; GRADIENT STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MATRIX; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; PER UNIT; SHAPE FACTOR; TUBULAR SHAPES; WOOD-BASED COMPOSITES;

BAMBOO; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; HOT PRESSING; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BAMBOO; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PALM; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT FIBER; PLANT MODEL; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

ARECACEAE; ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SASA; WOOD;

BAMBOO; BENDING; COMPOSITES; EFFICIENCY; FIBERS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HOT PRESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79955724870     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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