Structural design and mechanical behavior of alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) osteoderms

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 9049-9064

  Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Chen, Po Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Armor; Composites; Mechanical property; Osteoderm; Toughening mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MECHANISMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COLLAGEN FIBRES; CORTEXES; DESIGN BEHAVIOURS; DUAL FUNCTION; ENERGY ABSORBANCE; LIVING FOSSILS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; OSTEODERM; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

ARMOR;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ARTICLE; MECHANICS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSTEODERM; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SKIN; SKIN STRUCTURE;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS;

ARMOR; COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OSTEODERM; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885035196     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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