Biological Composites

Fabritius, H.; Sachs, C.; Romano, P.; Raabe, D.: Influence of structural principles on the mechanics of a biological fiber-based composite material with hierarchical organization: The exoskeleton of the lobster Homarus americanus. Advanced Materials 21, pp. 391 - 400 (2009)

Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Lymperakis, L.; Friák, M.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Extremal stiffness of crustacean cuticle through hierarchical optimization: Theory, modeling, and experiment. 3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues, multiscale modeling of tissue mechanical properties, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA (2009)

Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Friak, M.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Ma, D.; Lymperakis, L.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Hierarchical modeling of the elastic properties of lobster cuticle via first principles calculations and mean-field homogenization. 1st International Conference on Material Modeling, Dortmund, Germany (2009)

Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Friak, M.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Ma, D.; Lymperakis, L.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Multi-Scale Hierarchical Modeling of the Mechanical Properties of Lobster Cuticle. EUROMAT 2009, Glasgow, UK (2009)

Fabritius, H.; Nikolov, S.; Sachs, C.; Hild, S.; Raabe, D.; Petrov, M.; Lymperakis, L.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Arthropod cuticle: A biological multifunctional composite used as template for multiscale modelling. 11th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics NCTAM 2009, Borovets, Bulgaria (2009)

Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Friak, M.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Ma, D.; Lymperakis, L.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Hierarchical modeling of the mechanical properties of lobster cuticle from the nanoscale up to the macroscale. ICSMA 15: International Conference on the Strength of Materials, Dresden, Germany (2009)

Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.; Roters, F.; Eisenlohr, P.; Friák, M.; Nikolov, S.; Fabritius, H.; Petrov, M.; Counts, W. A.; Ma, D. et al.; Lymperakis, L.: Multiscale Modeling of the Mechanics of Metallic and Biological Polycrystals using Ab Initio and Continuum Methods. MMCM 2009 Colloquium on Multiscale Methods in Computational Mechanics, Rolduc, The Netherlands (2009)

Fabritius, H.; Hild, S.; Nikolov, S.; Ziegler, A.; Raabe, D.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Variations in the constructional morphology of crustacean skeletal elements at different hierarchical levels. Third International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials & Tissues ICMOBT 2009, Clearwater, FL, USA (2009)

Fabritius, H.; Ziegler, A.; Hild, S.; Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Sachs, C.; Lymperakis, L.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.; Raabe, D.: Extremal stiffness of crustacean cuticle through hierarchical optimization: Experiments and modeling from ab initio to macroscale. PLASTICITY 2009, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, USA (2009)

Nikolov, S.; Sachs, C.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.; Petrov, M.; Friák, M.; Neugebauer, J.: Modeling of the mechanical properties of lobster cuticle from ab initio to macroscale: How nature designs multifunctional composites with optimal properties. International Plasticity Conference 2009, Virgin Islands, USA (2009)

Wu, X.; Erbe, A.; Fabritius, H.; Raabe, D.: Spectral and angular distribution of light scattered from the elytra of two carabid beetle species. First NanoCharm Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, Palaiseau Cedex, France (2009)

Friak, M.; Nikolov, S.; Petrov, M.; Sachs, C.; Ma, D.; Fabritius, H.; Lymperakis, L.; Raabe, D.; Neugebauer, J.: Ab-initio based multi-scale approaches to the elasticity of metallic polycrystals and hierarchical biocomposites. Lecture: XI National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Borovets, Bulgaria, September 02, 2009 - September 05, 2009