Alligator osteoderms: Mechanical behavior and hierarchical structure

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 441-448

  Chen, Irene H ^a   Yang, Wen ^a   Meyers, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Mechanical properties; Mechanisms; Osteoderms; Scutes

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROXYAPATITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POROSITY; TISSUE;

ALLIGATOR; FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OSTEODERMS; SCUTES; TEMPERATURE REGULATIONS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

COLLAGEN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CROCODILIAN; HARDNESS; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANISMS; OSTEODERMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCUTES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALLIGATOR; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; OSTEODERMS; SCUTES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84890500296     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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