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The mechanical properties of natural materials. I. Material property charts
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The mechanical properties of natural materials as diverse as wood, muscle, shell and bone are plotted on material-property charts which show the relationships between properties. Performance indices are used to identify the load-bearing applications in which each performs particularly well. By these criteria, many natural materials are superior to the man-made materials of engineering. A companion paper examines some of the origins of this superiority; an explanation is sought in an analysis of the way structure influences properties.
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- Authors
- Ashby, M. F., Gibson, L. J., Wegst, U., & Olive, R.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 1995-07-08
- Volume
- 450
- Issue
- 1938
- Pages
- 123-140
- ISSN
- 0962-8444 (ISSN-L)
- 2053-9177
- OpenAlex
- W2025872613
- Cited by
- 339
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 1.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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