Bioinspired, mechanical, deterministic fractal model for hierarchical suture joints

Many biological systems possess hierarchical and fractal-like interfaces and joint structures that bear and transmit loads, absorb energy, and accommodate growth, respiration, and/or locomotion. In this paper, an elastic deterministic fractal composite mechanical model was formulated to quantitative...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Boyce, Mary Cunningham, Li, Yaning, Ortiz, Christine
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71526
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-5679
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2193-377X