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Betholletia excelsa Fruit: Unveiling Toughening Mechanisms and Biomimetic Potential for Advanced Materials.

ABSTRACT: Dry fruits and nutshells are biological capsules of outstanding toughness and strength with biomimetic potential to boost fiber-reinforced composites and protective structures. The strategies behind the Betholletia excelsa fruit mechanical performance were investigated with C-ring and compression tests. This last test was monitored with shearography and simulated with a finite element model. Microtomography and digital and scanning electron microscopy evaluated crack development. The fruit geometry, the preferential orientation of fibers involved in foam-like sclereid cells, promoted anisotropic properties but efficient energy dissipating mechanisms in different directions. For instance, the mesocarp cut parallel to its latitudinal section sustained higher forces (26.0 ± 2.8 kN) and showed higher deformation and slower crack propagation. The main toughening mechanisms are fiber deflection and fiber bridging and pullout, observed when fiber bundles are orthogonal to the crack path. Additionally, the debonding of fiber bundles oriented parallel to the crack path and intercellular cracks through sclereid and fiber cells created a tortuous path.

SUBMITTER: Sonego M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10669686 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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<i>Betholletia excelsa</i> Fruit: Unveiling Toughening Mechanisms and Biomimetic Potential for Advanced Materials.

Sonego Marilia M Morgenthal Anneke A Fleck Claudia C Pessan Luiz Antonio LA

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) 20231026 7

Dry fruits and nutshells are biological capsules of outstanding toughness and strength with biomimetic potential to boost fiber-reinforced composites and protective structures. The strategies behind the <i>Betholletia excelsa</i> fruit mechanical performance were investigated with C-ring and compression tests. This last test was monitored with shearography and simulated with a finite element model. Microtomography and digital and scanning electron microscopy evaluated crack development. The frui ...[more]

PMID: 37999150

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Betholletia excelsa Fruit: Unveiling Toughening Mechanisms and Biomimetic Potential for Advanced Materials.

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<i>Betholletia excelsa</i> Fruit: Unveiling Toughening Mechanisms and Biomimetic Potential for Advanced Materials.

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