Biomechanical design of the mantis shrimp saddle : a biomineralized spring used for rapid raptorial strikes

• Main Authors: Tadayon, Maryam, Amini, Shahrouz, Wang, Zhongke, Miserez, Ali Gilles Tchenguise
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Mechanical Property; Materials Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85630; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49843
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Stomatopods deliver one of the fastest strikes in the animal kingdom using their powerful “dactyl clubs.” This kinematic performance is enabled by a power amplification device whereby elastic energy is stored in a saddle-shape mineralized bilayer structure. We combined a set of comprehensive micro-m...