Enhanced Mechanical Performance of Bio-Inspired Hybrid Structures Utilising Topological Interlocking Geometry

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Djumas, Lee ^a   Molotnikov, Andrey ^a   Simon, George P ^a   Estrin, Yuri ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; NACRE;

EID: 84969930758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26706     Document Type: Article

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