The snapping shrimp dactyl plunger: a thermomechanical damage-tolerant sandwich composite

Autor: Erly Sintya, Immanuel Sanka, Adolfo Rivero-Müller, Parvez Alam, Saka Wijaya, Niken Satuti Nur Handayani, Lilja Alam
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Alam, P, Sanka, I, Alam, L, Wijaya, S, Sintya, E, Handayani, N & Rivero-Muller, A 2017, ' The snapping shrimp dactyl plunger: a thermomechanical damage tolerant sandwich composite ', Zoology . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2017.11.001
ISSN: 0944-2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2017.11.001
Popis: The dactyl plunger of Alpheus sp. was found to be a layered composite, with mineral-rich outer and inner layers and a chitin-rich middle layer of high porosity. The chitin-rich middle layer is itself composed of several porous chitin laminae. Modelling heat conduction through the plunger cross-section revealed that the chitin-rich layer is able to insulate heat and retard its progress through the material. Heat accumulates in the plunger after a series of successive snaps and as such, its thermally resistant design can be considered most useful under the conditions of successive snapping. The plunger has a concurrent mechanical damage-tolerant design with biogenic mineral layers, viscous (chitin-mineral) interfaces, energy-dissipating porous chitin, and sidewalls composed of ordered, layered aragonite. The snapping shrimp plunger has a design that may protect it and internal soft tissues from thermomechanical damage during plunger-socket compression prior to cavitation bubble release.
Databáze: OpenAIRE