Teleost fish scales amongst the toughest collagenous materials

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-107

  Khayer Dastjerdi, A ^a   Barthelat, F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio inspired materials; Collagen; Crack bridging; Fish scales; Process zone; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FISH; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS; CRACK BRIDGING; FISH SCALE; FRACTURE MECHANICS MODEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; PROCESS ZONE; TESTING CONFIGURATIONS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN FIBER; MECHANICS; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRIPED BASS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEOST FISH SCALE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CHEMISTRY; FISH; MATERIALS TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; FISHES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84947031351     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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