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Mechanical Properties of Crab Shells by Carlo Consuegra is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document reviews investigations into the mechanical properties of crab shells. Crab shells are natural composite materials made up of chitin-protein fibers arranged in a twisted plywood structure, with minerals like calcium carbonate deposited within. Studies have found crab shells to be anisotropic, with mechanical properties varying depending on the direction tested. Tensile tests of crab shells from the sheep crab species found they behaved brittlely and exhibited different stress-strain curves depen
- Author
- Carlo Consuegra
- Language
- EN