Structure and fracture resistance of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) armored fish scales

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 5876-5889

  Yang, Wen ^a   Gludovatz, Bernd ^b   Zimmermann, Elizabeth A ^b   Bale, Hrishikesh A ^c   Ritchie, Robert O ^b,c   Meyers, Marc A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible armor; Fracture mechanism; Fracture resistance; Scale; Structure

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; COLLAGEN; CRACKS; FIBERS; FISH; FRACTURE; MECHANISMS; MICROHARDNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLLAGEN FIBRES; FISH SCALE; FLEXIBLE ARMOUR; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; MATRIX ARRAYS; MINERALISED MATRIX; SCALE; THIN LAYERS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS; TWO-COMPONENT;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; ATRACTOSTEUS SPATULA; FISH; FRACTURE; GANOID SCALE; HARDNESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSION;

LEPISOSTEUS SPATULA;

EID: 84875372208     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.12.026     Document Type: Article

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