3 papers
physics.bio-ph2024
Non-classical scaling of strength with size in marine biological fibers
Sayaka Kochiyama, Haneesh Kesari
Intriguing physical phenomena observed in natural materials have inspired the development of several engineering materials with dramatically improved performance. Marine sponge gla…
physics.bio-ph2023
A mechanics theory for the exploration of a high-throughput, sterile 3D traumatic brain injury model
Yang Wan, Rafael D. González-Cruz, Diane Hoffman-Kim +1
Brain injuries resulting from mechanical trauma represent an ongoing global public health issue. Several and models for traumatic brain injur…
physics.bio-ph2023
Functional significance of lamellar architecture in marine sponge fibers: conditions for when splitting a cylindrical tube into an assembly of tubes will decrease its bending stiffness
Sayaka Kochiyama, Benjamin Grossman-Ponemon, Haneesh Kesari
Numerous ingenious engineering designs and devices have been the product of bio-inspiration. Bone, nacre, and other such stiff structural biological materials (SSBMs) are composite…