Highly deformable bones: Unusual deformation mechanisms of seahorse armor

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 6763-6770

  Porter, Michael M ^a   Novitskaya, Ekaterina ^a   Castro Ceseña, Ana Bertha ^a,d   Meyers, Marc A ^a,b,c   McKittrick, Joanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d TIJUANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bony plates; Natural armor; Prehensile; Seahorse

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

BONY PLATE; DEFORMABLE MATERIAL; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MATERIALS STRUCTURE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICES; NATURAL ARMOR; PREHENSILE; SEAHORSE; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

ARMOR;

ARTICLE; BONE; CHORDATA; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOSKELETON; FISH; HARDNESS; JOINT MOBILITY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAIL;

HIPPOCAMPINAE;

EID: 84877705069     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.02.045     Document Type: Article

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