Nacre has a complex hierarchical microarchitecture that spans over multiple length scales from nanoscale to macroscale. Its structures are optimized leading to extraordinary mechanical performance and energy absorption. Nacre's special characteristics of the self-assembly method have attracted the interest of material scientists to develop laminated composite materials, molecular scale self-assembly and biomineralization. Nanoindentation testing can determine a material's anisotropic properties through a single indentation. In the present study, nanoindentation stress–strain curves were used to characterize the complete mechanical behavior of nacre of abalone shell. A differential constitutive equation was developed with time-dependent spring constants k and viscosities η. Furthermore, to describe the complex viscoelastic behavior of abalone nacre, a descriptive representation of the linear viscoelasticity law for the multilayer matrix was formulated. A qualitative model for the relationship between nacre structure and mechanical properties of nacre may help develop bionic composite materials for micro-aircraft, bionic tribology, bionic medical apparatus and bionic organs (tissue engineering).
RESEARCH OF Al AND Mg MATRİX HYBRİD LAMİNATED COMPOSİTE MATERİALS
