Smart Structures and Systems
Volume 7, Number 3, 2011, pages 223-228
DOI: 10.12989/sss.2011.7.3.223
Smart body armor inspired by flow in bone
Melissa Louise Knothe Tate
Abstract
An understanding of biomaterials
Key Words
smart material; bio-inspired design; mechanoactive materials; bone; body armor; flow directing material; multiscale structure and function; load-induced fluid flow.
Address
Melissa Louise Knothe Tate :Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA