Fracture toughness of locust cuticle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1502-1508

  Dirks, Jan Henning ^a   Taylor, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Desiccation; Stiffness; Strength; Toughness

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; GRASSHOPPER; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; DESICCATION; GRASSHOPPERS; HARDNESS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860124367     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068221     Document Type: Article

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