Compressive behavior of a turtle's shell: Experiment, modeling, and simulation

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 106-112

  Damiens, R ^a   Rhee, H ^a   Hwang, Y ^b   Park, S J ^a   Hammi, Y ^a   Lim, H ^c   Horstemeyer, M F ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carapace; Compression test; Modeling; Simulation; Turtle shell

Indexed keywords

CARAPACE; CAROLINAS; COMPRESSION TEST; COMPRESSION TESTS; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSTITUTIVE MODELING; DISTINCTIVE LAYERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LINEAR ELASTIC; MATERIAL PARAMETER; METALLIC FOAM; PROTECTIVE ARMORS; SIMULATION; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; TURTLE SHELL;

ARMOR; COMPRESSION TESTING; DATA COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; BODY ARMOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; STRESS; THICKNESS;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TURTLES;

EID: 82955207640     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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