Microstructure and mechanical properties of dungeness crab exoskeletons

Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 93-99

  Lian, Jie ^a   Wang, Junlan ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOINDENTATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SHELLFISH;

BODY PARTS; DIFFERENT LAYERS; FOUR-LAYER STRUCTURES; MAJOR FACTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84863288704     PISSN: 21915644     EISSN: 21915652     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0219-0_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Currey, J.D., Mechanical-Properties of Mother of Pearl in Tension. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 1977. 196(1125): p. 443-&.
2. Jackson, A.P., J.F.V. Vincent, and R.M. Turner, The Mechanical Design of Nacre. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 1988. 234(1277): p. 415-&.
3. Wang, R.Z., Suo, Z., Evans, A.G., Yao, N., and Aksay, I.A., Deformation mechanisms in nacre. Journal of Materials Research, 2001. 16(9): p. 2485-2493. (Pubitemid 33694081)
4. Meyers, M.A., Lin, A. Y.M., Chen, P.Y., and Muyco, J., Mechanical strength of abalone nacre: Role of the soft organic layer. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2008. 1(1): p. 76-85. (Pubitemid 47557525)
5. Katti, K.S., B. Mohanty, and D.R. Katti, Nanomechanical properties of nacre. Journal of Materials Research, 2006. 21(5): p. 1237-1242. (Pubitemid 44131729)
6. Hepburn, H.R., Joffe, I., Green, N., and Nelson, K.J., Mechanical-Properties of a Crab Shell. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 1975. 50(Na3): p. 551-&.
7. Joffe, I., Hepburn, H.R., Nelson, K.J., and Green, N., Mechanical-Properties of a Crustacean Exoskeleton. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 1975. 50(Na3): p. 545-&.
8. Chen, P.Y., Lin, A.Y.M., Lin, Y.S., Seki, Y., Stokes, A.G., Peyras, J., Olevsky, E.A., Meyers, M.A., and
9. Taylor, J.R.A., J. Hebrank, and W.M. Kier, Mechanical properties of the rigid and hydrostatic skeletons of molting blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2007. 210(24): p. 4272-4278.
10. Melnick, C.A., Z. Chen, and J.J. Mecholsky, Hardness and toughness of exoskeleton material in the stone crab, Menippe mercenaria. Journal of Materials Research, 1996. 11(11): p. 2903-2907. (Pubitemid 126531152)
11. Raabe, D., C. Sachs, and P. Romano, The crustacean exoskeleton as an example of a structurally and mechanically graded biological nanocomposite material. Acta Materialia, 2005. 53(15): p. 4281-4292. (Pubitemid 41164420)
12. Cribb, B.W., Rathmell, A., Charters, R., Rasch, R., Huang, H., and Tibbetts, I.R., Structure, composition and properties of naturally occurring non-calcified crustacean cuticle. Arthropod Structure & Development, 2009. 38(3): p. 173-178.
13. Roer, R. and R. Dillaman, The Structure and Calcification of the Crustacean Cuticle. Amer. Zool., 1984. 24(4): p. 893-909.
14. Al-Sawalmih, A., Li, C., Siegel, S., Fabritius, H., Yi, S., Raabe, D., Fratzl, P., and Paris, O., Microtexture and Chitin/Calcite Orientation Relationship in the Mineralized Exoskeleton of the American Lobster. Advanced Functional Materials, 2008. 18: p. 3307-3314.
15. Sachs, C., H. Fabritius, and D. Raabe, Hardness and elastic properties of dehydrated cuticle from the lobster Homarus americanus obtained by nanoindentation. Journal of Materials Research, 2006. 21(8): p. 1987-1995. (Pubitemid 44469134)
16. Oliver, W.C. and G.M. Pharr, An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments. Journal of Materials Research, 1992. 7(6): p. 1564-1583.
17. Cheng, L., L. Wang, and A.M. Karlsson, Image analyses of two crustacean exoskeletons and implications of the exoskeletal microstructure on the mechanical behavior. Journal of Materials Research, 2008. 23(11): p. 2854-2872.
18. Wegst, U.G.K. and M.F. Ashby, The mechanical efficiency of natural materials. Philosophical Magazine, 2004. 84(21): p. 2167-2186.
19. Vincent, J.F.V., Arthropod cuticle: a natural composite shell system. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2002. 33(10): p. 1311-1315. (Pubitemid 35433440)