Mechanical Design of Structural Materials in Animals / John M. Gosline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gosline, John M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomolecules.

Biomechanics.

Strength of materials.

Animal mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 384 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Mechanical Design of Structural Materials in Animals explores the principles underlying how molecules interact to produce the functional attributes of biological materials: their strength and stiffness, ability to absorb and store energy, and ability to resist the fatigue that accrues through a lifetime of physical insults. These attributes play a central role in determining the size and shape of animals, the ways in which they can move, and how they interact with their environment. By showing how structural materials have been designed by evolution, John Gosline sheds important light on how animals work.Gosline elucidates the pertinent theories for how molecules are arranged into macromolecular structures and how those structures are then built up into whole organisms. In particular, Gosline develops the theory of discontinuous, fiber-reinforced composites, which he employs in a grand synthesis to explain the properties of everything from the body wall of sea anemones to spiders' silks and insect cuticles, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Although the theories are examined in depth, Gosline's elegant discussion makes them accessible to anyone with an interest in the mechanics of life.Focusing on the materials from which animals are constructed, this book answers fundamental questions about mechanical properties in nature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Section I. Background

Chapter 1. Introduction to Materials Engineering

Chapter 2. Principles of Materials Engineering and Mechanical Testing

Chapter 3. Viscoelasticity

Section II. The Structural Basis for Material Properties

Chapter 4. The Structural Origin of Elasticity and Strength

Chapter 5. Fracture Mechanics

Chapter 6. The Molecular Origins of Soft Elasticity

Chapter 7. The Molecular Origins of Viscoelasticity

Chapter 8. The Design of Composite Materials

Section III. The Mechanical Design of Tensile Materials

Chapter 9. The Structural Design of Collagen

Chapter 10. The Structural Design of Spider Silks

Section IV. The Mechanical Design of Rigid Materials

Chapter 11. The Structural Design of Bone

Chapter 12. The Structural Design of Insect Cuticle

Section V. The Mechanical Design of Pliant Biomaterials

Chapter 13. The Evolutionary Origins of Pliant Biomaterials

Chapter 14. Rubberlike Proteins

Chapter 15. Pliant Matrix Materials and the Design of Pliant Composites

Section VI. Concluding Comments

Chapter 16. Final Thoughts

List of symbols

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-374) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400889839

1400889839

OCLC:

1032303155