Deformation and fracture mechanisms of bone and nacre

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-73

  Wang, Rizhi ^a   Gupta, Himadri S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Biomechanics; Biomimetics; Fracture toughness

Indexed keywords

BIO-COMPOSITES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; HARD TISSUES; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; MICROMETER SIZES; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; PUZZLING PHENOMENA; SEVEN-LEVEL; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; BONE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HISTOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; TISSUE;

GEMS;

EID: 79960116333     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-062910-095806     Document Type: Article

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