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Bioinspired Layered Composite Principles of Biomineralized Fish Scale

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This chapter provides a road map for the current state of knowledge for biomineralized fish scale composite research. Since the fish scale is an analog of bone; detailed descriptions are given for the diverse field of bone research as well. Additionally provided are computational modeling methods that can be used to identify the structure–property relationships for the fish scale. Finally, the chapter integrates the biomaterials, science, and engineering perspectives so that the underlying mechanisms leading to the energy absorptive/dissipative characteristics can be ascertained. The goal of this chapter is to provide a prospectus into the current state of fish scale experimentation and modeling that can be used to develop bioinspired designs for protective structures. While the focus of this chapter is to discuss biomaterials and bioinspired design/analysis of protective structures, the state of knowledge is applicable to composites, aerospace, and biomedical communities of practice.

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The authors from the University of Mississippi, Oxford and US. Army ERDC, Vicksburg, MS acknowledge the support by the US. Army Research Office under a cooperative agreement award contract No. W911NF-11-2-0043 (Program Manager: Dr. Joseph Myers) and US. Army Research Office under a cooperative agreement award contracts No. W911NF-11-2-0043 (Program Manager: Dr. Joseph Myers), No. W911NF-14-2-0119 (Program Manager: David Grove) and the US. Army ERDC Military Engineering 6.1-ILIR Basic Research Project on “Investigation of Delamination Resistant Bio-Laminates”. Permission granted to publish by the ARO and US Army ERDC-GSL. Additionally, discussions with several researchers at Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, and US. Army Research Laboratory are gratefully acknowledged.

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Nelms, M.D., Hodo, W.D., Rajendran, A.M. (2018). Bioinspired Layered Composite Principles of Biomineralized Fish Scale. In: Gopalakrishnan, S., Rajapakse, Y. (eds) Blast Mitigation Strategies in Marine Composite and Sandwich Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7170-6_21

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