The Micromechanics of Biological and Biomimetic Staggered Composites

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 446-456

  Bekah, Sacheen ^a   Rabiei, Reza ^a   Barthelat, Francois ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Biomimetics; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics; Representative volume element

Indexed keywords

CRACK-LIKE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAILURE STRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; NATURAL MATERIALS; OVERALL PROPERTIES; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); SIMPLE STRUCTURES; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; SYNTHETIC COMPOSITES;

ASPECT RATIO; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STIFFNESS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84867876182     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(11)60145-5     Document Type: Article

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