TY - CHAP
T1 - Structures and Composition of the Crab Carapace
T2 - An Archetypal Material in Biomimetic Mechanical Design
AU - Alam, Parvez
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - The structures and composition of crab carapaces are of interest to biomimetic designers and materials scientists as they are hierarchically optimised to dissipate fracture energies through molecular to macroscopic length scales. At each length scale, mechanical energy is absorbed and redirected, circumventing thus catastrophic fracture through the carapace cross-section on impact. The objective of this section is to elucidate the structural, chemical and compositional makeup of crab carapaces, to provide links between their architectures and mechanical properties, and to discuss highlight papers where attempts have been made to mimic the structure-property characteristics of crab carapaces in modern engineering composites.
AB - The structures and composition of crab carapaces are of interest to biomimetic designers and materials scientists as they are hierarchically optimised to dissipate fracture energies through molecular to macroscopic length scales. At each length scale, mechanical energy is absorbed and redirected, circumventing thus catastrophic fracture through the carapace cross-section on impact. The objective of this section is to elucidate the structural, chemical and compositional makeup of crab carapaces, to provide links between their architectures and mechanical properties, and to discuss highlight papers where attempts have been made to mimic the structure-property characteristics of crab carapaces in modern engineering composites.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051344942&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-92486-1_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-92486-1_25
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 30083936
AN - SCOPUS:85051344942
T3 - Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
SP - 569
EP - 584
BT - Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
PB - Springer
ER -