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Deconvolution of the elastic properties of bivalve shell nanocomposites from direct measurement and finite element analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2019

Matthias O’Toole-Howes ,
Ruth Ingleby ,
Melanie Mertesdorf ,
James Dean ,
Wei Li ,
Michael A. Carpenter  and
Elizabeth M. Harper
Matthias O’Toole-Howes
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
Ruth Ingleby
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
Melanie Mertesdorf
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
James Dean
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K.
Wei Li
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K.
Michael A. Carpenter*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
Elizabeth M. Harper
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mc43@esc.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

A new protocol has been devised for determining elastic properties of natural biocomposites in the form of bivalve shells under wet and dry conditions. Four-point bending on shell slices of Mytilus edulis, Ensis siliqua, and Pecten maximus give generally lower and more reliable values of Young’s modulus, E, than those in the literature from three-point bending, due to the more even distribution of strain. Finite element analysis of the prismatic microstructure of Pinna nobilis, obtained by X-ray tomography, shows that values of E ≈ 20 GPa can be understood in terms of the real microstructure containing a small proportion of organic matrix phase with E ≈ 1 GPa and a dominant proportion of calcite with E ≈ 90 GPa. Higher values of E obtained by nanoindentation give results which are biased toward the properties of the carbonate phase rather than of the biocomposite as a whole.

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biomaterialcompositeelastic properties
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 16 , 28 August 2019 , pp. 2869 - 2880
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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