Fabrication, testing and modeling of a new flexible armor inspired from natural fish scales and osteoderms

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

Natural Flexible Dermal Armor

(2012) Wen Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanics of composite elasmoid fish scale assemblies and their bioinspired analogues

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

Biological materials: Functional adaptations and bioinspired designs

(2012) Po-Yu Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Designing architectured materials

(2012) Mike Ashby   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Structure and Mechanical Performance of a “Modern” Fish Scale

(2011) Deju Zhu et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

A novel biomimetic material duplicating the structure and mechanics of natural nacre

(2011) Francois Barthelat et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Armadillo armor: Mechanical testing and micro-structural evaluation

(2011) Irene H. Chen et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Bio-inspired armor protective material systems for ballistic shock mitigation

(2011) Jinhua Huang et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Nacre from mollusk shells: a model for high-performance structural materials

(2010) Francois Barthelat   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Threat-protection mechanics of an armored fish

(2010) Juha Song et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Indentation-induced subsurface tunneling cracks as a means for evaluating fracture toughness of brittle coatings

(2009) Herzl Chai   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE

Materials design principles of ancient fish armour

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