Morphometric structural diversity of a natural armor assembly investigated by 2D continuum strain analysis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 487-499

  Varshney, Swati ^a   Song, Juha ^a   Li, Yaning ^a,b   Boyce, Mary C ^a,c   Ortiz, Christine ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspiration; Fish armor; Flexible exoskeleton; Geometric morphometrics; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AXIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EXOSKELETON; EXOSKELETON SHAPE; FISH; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POLYPTERUS SENEGALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN ENERGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL CONTINUUM STRAIN ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; SKIN; STRUCTURAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FISHES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84946893600     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.10.011     Document Type: Article

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