The structure of natural nacre has been widely studied on due to its exceptional mechanical properties. This project is an attempt to model and study a biomimetic nacreous composite using the simulation software ANSYS Mechanical APDL 14.0. In this study, the hard phase material of the composite is chosen to be Zirconia and the soft phase material is chosen to be Polylactic acid. The effects of the variation in aspect ratio and volume fraction of the hard phase are analysed and the key parameter that is looked into in this project is the Young’s Modulus of the composite. Both results of aspect ratio and volume fraction indicated that with the increase in either function, it will result in the increase of the Young’s Modulus. However, both fu...
Abstract: Nature fabricates materials with properties that are difficult to reproduce with manmade c...
A highly ordered, hexagonal, nacre-like composite stiffness is investigated using experiments, simul...
The use of natural fiber-based composites is on the rise in many industries. Thanks to their eco-sus...
The excellent mechanical properties of nacreous composites are partly attributed to its staggered mi...
Biological structures, such as nacre from mollusk shells exhibit a tremendous balance of strength an...
Accurate pseudo-hexagonal nanoarchitecture of nacre was used to design three dimensional finite elem...
Theoretical and experimental studies show that the high performance of biological composites such as...
Nacre, a material commonly found in mollusk shells, displays remarkable fracture toughness when comp...
A novel approach combining the atomic force microscopy probing of nacre biopolymer strand and the in...
This work presents a novel design, additive manufacturing and modeling approach of three dimensional...
Over the recent years, the number of osteoporotic fractures has been on the rise. With the advances ...
The excellent mechanical properties that biological materials possess are greatly influenced by the ...
Although the composition of polymer matrix is only ≈5% by weight, the presence of polymer as an inte...
Nacre is a biological material constituting the innermost layer of the shells of gastropods and biva...
This paper investigates the behaviour of a bio-inspired finite element composite model (that mimics ...
Abstract: Nature fabricates materials with properties that are difficult to reproduce with manmade c...
A highly ordered, hexagonal, nacre-like composite stiffness is investigated using experiments, simul...
The use of natural fiber-based composites is on the rise in many industries. Thanks to their eco-sus...
The excellent mechanical properties of nacreous composites are partly attributed to its staggered mi...
Biological structures, such as nacre from mollusk shells exhibit a tremendous balance of strength an...
Accurate pseudo-hexagonal nanoarchitecture of nacre was used to design three dimensional finite elem...
Theoretical and experimental studies show that the high performance of biological composites such as...
Nacre, a material commonly found in mollusk shells, displays remarkable fracture toughness when comp...
A novel approach combining the atomic force microscopy probing of nacre biopolymer strand and the in...
This work presents a novel design, additive manufacturing and modeling approach of three dimensional...
Over the recent years, the number of osteoporotic fractures has been on the rise. With the advances ...
The excellent mechanical properties that biological materials possess are greatly influenced by the ...
Although the composition of polymer matrix is only ≈5% by weight, the presence of polymer as an inte...
Nacre is a biological material constituting the innermost layer of the shells of gastropods and biva...
This paper investigates the behaviour of a bio-inspired finite element composite model (that mimics ...
Abstract: Nature fabricates materials with properties that are difficult to reproduce with manmade c...
A highly ordered, hexagonal, nacre-like composite stiffness is investigated using experiments, simul...
The use of natural fiber-based composites is on the rise in many industries. Thanks to their eco-sus...