Mechanics of fragmentation of crocodile skin and other thin films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Qin, Zhao ^a   Pugno, Nicola M ^b,c,d   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CROCODILIAN; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84901489934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04966     Document Type: Article

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