Model for the robust mechanical behavior of nacre

By A. G. Evans, Zhigang Suo, R. Wang, I. Aksay, M. He, J. W. Hutchinson. 2001

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Hierarchical structure and mechanical properties of nacre: a review (2012, background): “Evans et al. 40 and Wang et al. 5 proposed a toughening mechanism: those nano-asperities on the tablets are responsible 94,114 In the normal bivalve situation, small and scarce pores lead to 3 stacked nacre plates (in this example); in the gastropod model, pores are much more frequent and bigger in…”
Micromechanical models to guide the development of synthetic 'brick and mortar' composites (2012, methodology): “The models presented here draw inspiration from many previous works, which have utilized a similar idealized geometry and analysis approach, such as Jager and Fratzl (2000), Evans et al. (2001), Ji and Gao (2004a,b), and Wilbrink et al. (2010).”
An Experimental Investigation of Deformation and Fracture of Nacre–Mother of Pearl (2007, background): “Previous analyses focused on mechanisms at the nanoscales at the interface (biopolymer [16], nanoasperities [3, 10, 17], mineral bridges [18]) and within the tablets themselves [13, 19].”
On the mechanics of mother-of-pearl: a key feature in the material hierarchical structure (2007, methodology): “The simulation models presented by Evans et al. (2001) showed that the asperities provide increased resistance to tablet sliding up to 15–20 nm only.”
Nanoscale Morphology and Indentation of Individual Nacre Tablets from the Gastropod Mollusc Trochus Niloticus (2005, background): “It has also been suggested that interacting nanoasperities and mechanical interlocking provide resistance to interfacial sliding, thus determining the level of stress needed to initiate inelastic strain.(3,37) The existence of a finer nanoasperity structure arranged into assemblies of larger nanoasp”