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| Chapter title |
Structures and Composition of the Crab Carapace: An Archetypal Material in Biomimetic Mechanical Design
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 25 |
| Book title |
Marine Organisms as Model Systems in Biology and Medicine
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| Published in |
Results and problems in cell differentiation, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-92486-1_25 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-992485-4, 978-3-31-992486-1
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| Authors |
Parvez Alam |
| Abstract |
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. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 12 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 12 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 25% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 8% |
| Researcher | 1 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | 1 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 8% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |