Their website is rubbish and keeps referring me to M of Composite M and
S (1998!!!).
Have you got a URL please, John?
Thanks
Julian
John Summerscales wrote:
> This newly published article may be of interest to members of the list
> (and a change from the on-going reprap discussion !)
>
> Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
> Publisher: Taylor & Francis
> Issue: Volume 12, Number 3 / May-June 2005
> Pages: 229 - 237
> URL: Linking Options
> DOI: 10.1080/15376490590928598
>
> Mechanisms in Failure Prevention of Bio-Materials and Bio-Structures
>
> Jinghong Fan A1, A2, Bin Chen A2, Zhihui Gao A2, Chunting Xiang A2
> A1 Division of Mechanical Engineering, Alfred University,
> Alfred, New York, USA
> A2 Research Center on Material Mechanics, ChongQing University,
> P.R. China
>
> Abstract: Nature is replete with examples of layered-structure materials
> that are evolved through billions of years to provide high performance.
> Insect elytra (a portion of the exoskeleton) have evoked worldwide
> research attention and are believed to serve as fuselages and wings of
> natural aircraft. This work focuses on the relationship between
> structure, mechanical behavior, and failure mechanisms of the elytra. We
> report a failure-mode-optimization (FMO) mechanism that can explain
> elytra's mechanical behaviors. We show initial evidence that this
> mechanism makes bio-structures of low-strength materials strong and
> ductile that can effectively resist shear forces and crack growth. A
> bio-inspired design of a joint by using the FMO mechanism has been
> proved by experiments to have a potential to increase the interface
> shear strength as high as about 2.5 times. The FMO mechanism, which is
> based on the new concept of property-structure synergetic coupling
> proposed in this work, offer some thoughts to deal with the notoriously
> difficult problem of interface strength and to reduce catastrophic
> failure events.
>
> Regards,
> ======================================
> Dr John Summerscales
> Reader in Composites Engineering
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> Advanced Composites Manufacturing Centre
> School of Engineering
> University of Plymouth
> Plymouth, Devon UK, PL4 8AA.
> Telephone: 01752 23 2650
> WebSite: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/jsummerscales
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