The weak interfaces within tough natural composites: Experiments on three types of nacre

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 19, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-60

  Khayer Dastjerdi, Ahmad ^a   Rabiei, Reza ^a   Barthelat, Francois ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chevron notch fracture test; Fractography; Interfacial fracture toughness; Nacre; Organic interface

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL FRACTURE; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACIAL TOUGHNESS; NACRE; NOTCH FRACTURE; ORGANIC INTERFACES; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CRACKS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; GEMS; MINERALS; MOLLUSCS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; SHELLFISH; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

MINERAL;

ABALONE; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DEMINERALIZATION; MATERIAL STATE; MINERALIZATION; NACRE; NONHUMAN; PINCTADA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NACRE; PINCTADA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84875373325     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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