| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Biological Materials Science
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| Presentation Title |
Protecto-flexible Bioinspired Design |
| Author(s) |
Alex Ossa, Susana Estrada, Dwayne Arola |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Alex Ossa |
| Abstract Scope |
The design of protection systems against impacts and blasts involves a complex trade-off between weight, flexibility, and energy absorption, which has been difficult to achieve and optimize following common engineering design routes. Nature has solved the problem of protection against predatory threats by employing segmented natural armor composed of hard units (scales or osteoderms), bound together by flexible tissues (skin or muscles). Natural armors achieve high levels of protection with reduced weight and high flexibility. By using the main principles of construction present in the microstructure and hierarchical structure of fish scales and osteoderms we were able to design and manufacture a new generation of Protecto-Flexible materials able to achieve an excellent trade-off between the required characteristics. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |