The mechanical performance of teleost fish scales

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 117-123

  Zhu, Deju ^a   Vernerey, Franck ^b   Barthelat, Francois ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fish scale; Penetration; Radial cracks

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FISH; MECHANICS; TENSILE TESTING;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL CRACKS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FISH SCALE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NATURAL MATERIALS; PENETRATION; PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS; RADIAL CRACKS;

CRACKS;

EID: 84857883448     PISSN: 21915644     EISSN: 21915652     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0219-0_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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