Flexibility and protection by design: imbricated hybrid microstructures of bio-inspired armor

Transforming Small Localized Loading into Large Rotational Motion in Soft Anisotropically Structured Materials

(2014) Stephan Rudykh et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Analysis of elasmoid fish imbricated layered scale-tissue systems and their bio-inspired analogues at finite strains and bending

(2014) S. Rudykh et al.   IMA JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Skin and scales of teleost fish: Simple structure but high performance and multiple functions

(2014) Franck J. Vernerey et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Puncture resistance of the scaled skin from striped bass: Collective mechanisms and inspiration for new flexible armor designs

(2013) Deju Zhu et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Battle in the Amazon: Arapaima versus Piranha

(2012) M. A. Meyers et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Natural Flexible Dermal Armor

(2012) Wen Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Three-dimensional structure of the shell plate assembly of the chiton Tonicella marmorea and its biomechanical consequences

(2012) Matthew J. Connors et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Mechanics of composite elasmoid fish scale assemblies and their bioinspired analogues

(2012) Ashley Browning et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Structure and Mechanical Performance of a “Modern” Fish Scale

(2011) Deju Zhu et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

On the mechanics of fishscale structures

(2010) Franck J. Vernerey et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

(2008) Benjamin J. F. Bruet et al.   NATURE MATERIALS