Fabrication and testing of bioinspired composites with curved multilayer microstructures

• Main Authors: Chan, Xin Ying, Ng, Zheng Hao, Guan, Lizhi, He, Hongying, Sapasakulvanit, Slocha, Dee, Peifang, Le Ferrand, Hortense
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials::Composite materials; Reinforced Composite; Energy Dissipation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164971
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Natural strong and stiff composites exhibit complex microstructures that are responsible for their outstanding strength, stiffness and toughness. Although horizontal nacre-like microstructures have demonstrated great potential in synthetic composites, they demonstrate high performance along a specif...