Locally-curved geometry generates bending cracks in the African elephant skin

António F. Martins,Nigel C. Bennett,Sylvie Clavel,Hermanus B. Groenewald,Sean Hensman,Stefan Hoby,Antoine Joris,Paul R. Manger,Michel C. Milinkovitch

Locally-curved geometry generates bending cracks in the African elephant skin

2018

António F. Martins
Nigel C. Bennett
Sylvie Clavel
Hermanus B. Groenewald
Sean Hensman
Stefan Hoby
Antoine Joris
Paul R. Manger
Michel C. Milinkovitch

Grants to M.C.M. from the University of Geneva (Switzerland), the Swiss National Science Foundation (grants 31003A_140785 and SINERGIA CRSII3_132430), the SystemsX.ch initiative (project EpiPhysX) and the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP RGP0019/2017).

Keywords:

Geotechnical engineering
Genetics
Bending
African elephant
Biology
Composite material
Brittleness
Shrinkage
Molecular biology
skin surface
Ultimate tensile strength
Stress (mechanics)
Physics
Thickening

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