Multi-scale structural design and biomechanics of the pistol shrimp snapper claw

• Main Authors: Amini, Shahrouz, Tadayon, Maryam, Chua, Julianto Q. Isaiah, Miserez, Ali
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Crustaceans; Appendages
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139451
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Arthropoda, the largest phylum of the Animal Kingdom, have successfully evolved to survive various ecological constraints under a wide range of environmental conditions. Central to this survival are the structural designs developed in their exoskeletons and their raptorial appendages for protect...