Soft Defect-Tolerant Material Inspired by American Lobsters

The joint membrane of the American lobster shows an excellent combination of high strength, toughness, and defect tolerance due to the periodic helicoidal stacking of the fiber layers that are connected by a weak continuous matrix. Inspired by the joint membrane of American lobsters, we simply use nonwoven fabrics and silicon rubber to fabricate a multilayer soft composite with the helicoidal stacking and controllable matrix. The influences of stacking structure, matrix strength, fabrics strength, and notch size on the fracture behavior of the soft composite during the tensile process are systematically analyzed by both experimental tests and finite element analysis (FEA). We find that similar to the joint membrane, the soft composite demonstrates a gradual failure process and a linear relationship between tensile strength/toughness and notch size. Such phenomena demonstrate the strong defect-tolerant ability, thereby imparting the soft composite with both high strength and toughness. The defect-tolerant ability is closely related to the helicoidal stacking and weak matrix between the fabrics layers, which induce crack deflection and inhibit the propagation of cracks across the sample.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 12(2020), 23 vom: 10. Juni, Seite 26509-26514

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Shu, Jingheng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jinrong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomimetic structures
Defect tolerance
Finite element analysis
Journal Article
Nylons
Polypropylenes
Silicone Elastomers
Soft material
Toughness

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Date Completed 30.03.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.0c07762

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309915287