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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 603-607Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2012.10.003
Keywords
Staggered structures; Bio-mechanics; Bio-composites; Nano-composites
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- Israel Science Foundation [1509/10]
- Livio Norzi Professorial Chair
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This communication presents a simplified mechanics-of-materials approach for describing the mechanics of staggered composite architectures, such as those arising in a variety of biological tissues. This analysis calculates the effective modulus of the bio-composite and provides physical insights into its elastic behavior. Simplified expressions for high- and low-mineralized tissues are then proposed and the effects of the mineral thickness ratio and aspect ratio on the modulus are demonstrated. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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