Spring-like biomineralized hard structures : lessons from stomatopods

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Tadayon, Maryam
• مؤلفون آخرون: Ali Gilles Tchenguise Miserez
• التنسيق: Theses and Dissertations
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Material testing and characterization
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/65992
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Stomatopods (mantis shrimps) are aggressive predators that use a pair of ultra-fast raptorial appendages to either strike or catch prey. This remarkable fast movement is driven by a power amplification system comprising components that must be able to repetitively store and release a high amount of...