Natural flexible armor as an inspirationfor body armor design

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dc.contributor.authorAlexander Ossa, E.
dc.contributor.departmentUniversidad EAFIT. Departamento de Ingeniería de Producciónspa
dc.contributor.researchgroupMateriales de Ingenieríaspa
dc.creatorAlexander Ossa, E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-12T21:27:55Z
dc.date.available2021-04-12T21:27:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-21
dc.description.abstractAnimals have developed different strategies to protect themselves from environmental and predatory threats. One of these strategies concerns with the development of natural flexible dermal armor, usually consisting of rigid and highly mineralized units (e. g. scales or osteoderms) attached by flexible collagen fibers. These kinds of arrangements have been proven to achieve high flexibility without significant reduction in strength in comparison to monolithic structures. These are in fact features extremely valued by body armor users. This work studies the mechanical characteristics of scales and osteoderms of different animals (including mammals, reptiles and fishes), in order to compare them with other characteristics of the animal itself (like length and mobility) and characteristics of their predators like geometry and composition of their teeth and strength of bite. This comparison extends our knowledge and open new ways of understanding on how to design body armor materials and structures looking into improvements on flexibility and mobility. Copyright 2015. Used by the Society of the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering with permission.eng
dc.identifierhttps://eafit.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=4663
dc.identifier.isbn9781934551196
dc.identifier.otherSCOPUS;2-s2.0-84987623282
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/29147
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSoc. for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
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dc.rightsSoc. for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
dc.sourceNatural Flexible Armor As An Inspirationfor Body Armor Design
dc.subject.keywordAnimalseng
dc.subject.keywordMammalseng
dc.subject.keywordMechanical propertieseng
dc.subject.keywordBody armorseng
dc.subject.keywordCollagen fibereng
dc.subject.keywordHigh flexibilityeng
dc.subject.keywordMechanical characteristicseng
dc.subject.keywordMonolithic structureseng
dc.subject.keywordWork studyeng
dc.subject.keywordArmoreng
dc.titleNatural flexible armor as an inspirationfor body armor designeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferencePapereng
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dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioneng
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