Leatherback sea turtle shell: A tough and flexible biological design

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 2-12

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Leatherback turtle; Mechanical properties; Suture

Indexed keywords

ARSENALS; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GEOMETRY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOLOGICAL DESIGN; BONY STRUCTURES; COLLAGEN FIBRES; COMPACT LAYER; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; LEATHERBACK TURTLE; SEA TURTLES; SUTURE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEATHERBACK TURTLE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA TURTLE; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; MATERIALS TESTING; TURTLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; TURTLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84947485726     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2015.09.023     Document Type: Article

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