Multiscale toughness amplification in natural composites

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1420, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-66

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC COMPOSITES; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; NATURAL COMPOSITES; STAGGERED STRUCTURES; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

AMPLIFICATION; ASPECT RATIO; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BONE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 84879360233     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/opl.2012.714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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