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Biomechanics of cellular solids
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Materials with a cellular structure are widespread in nature and include wood, cork, plant parenchyma and trabecular bone. Natural cellular materials are often mechanically efficient: the honeycomb-like microstructure of wood, for instance, gives it an exceptionally high performance index for resisting bending and buckling. Here we review the mechanics of a wide range of natural cellular materials and examine their role in lightweight natural sandwich structures (e.g. iris leaves) and natural tubular structures (e.g. plant stems or animal quills). We also describe two examples of engineered biomaterials with a cellular structure, designed to replace or regenerate tissue in the body.
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“Using this approach, investigators attributed the experimentally observed dependence of Young’s modulus and compressive strength on apparent density raised to the second power to bending-dominated linear elastic behavior and failure by buckling (127).”
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- Authors
- Gibson, L. J.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gibson, Lorna J.
- ORCID
- Gibson, Lorna J.
- Venue
- Journal of Biomechanics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 377-399
- ISSN
- 0021-9290 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2003488635
- Cited by
- 961
- References
- 82
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- FWCI
- 8.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Journal of Biomechanics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Cellular and Composite Structures
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Topology Optimization in Engineering
- Keywords
- cellular materials, wood, cork, trabecular bone, honeycomb microstructure, mechanical efficiency, sandwich structures, tubular structures, plant stems, engineered biomaterials, tissue regeneration
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biocompatible Materials, Biomechanical Phenomena, Bone and Bones, Humans, Models, Biological, Tissue Engineering
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