Impact-resistant materials inspired by the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club

• Main Authors: Behera, Rohit Pratyush, Le Ferrand, Hortense
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Impact-resistance; Bioinspiration
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152245
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mantis shrimps use their dactyl club to strike multiple high-velocity impacts against stiff and hard surfaces. To sustain the loads and dissipate energy, their club has evolved a complex multiscale organization segmented in an impact surface, an impact region, and a periodic region. Composed essenti...